Lorenzo Ghiberti's Space in Relief: Method and Theory
1969; College Art Association; Volume: 51; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00043079.1969.10789217
ISSN1559-6478
Autores Tópico(s)Renaissance Literature and Culture
ResumoThe investigation of Ghiberti's Third Commentary by Julius Schlosser in 19121 was extended in 1940 by G. Ten Doesschate,2 who concluded that the Third Commentary consisted almost entirely of notes and extracts from various ancient and medieval authorities. Where the text is concerned with optics, the sources are Alhazen, Avicenna, Witelo, John Peckham, and Roger Bacon.3 The problem with Ten Doesschate's investigation of Ghiberti's book is that the author fails to evaluate Ghiberti's relation to his sources. Stating repeatedly that “Ghiberti has not said anything new in the field of optics,”4 Ten Doesschate makes no attempt to discuss the significance of Ghiberti's interest in earlier optical theories or to relate the theories Ghiberti discusses to the contemporary writing of Alberti; instead, he outlines briefly the major theories of those writers from whom Ghiberti quotes.5 In defense of Ten Doesschate's approach to the problem, one can argue that it is impossible to attempt to evaluate Ghiberti's relation to his sources because of the strong possibility that Ghiberti didn't understand what he was reading.
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