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Potřebné knihy? Ikonografie, knihy emblémů a artifex doctus v Čechách na konci 18. století
| Title in English | Required reading? Iconography, emblem books and artifex doctus in the Bohemia at the end of the Eighteenth Century |
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| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Beket Bukovinská - Lubomír Slavíček (ed), Pictura verba cupit. Sborník příspěvků pro Lubomíra Konečného. Essays for Lubomír Konečný |
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| Field | Art, architecture, cultural heritage |
| Keywords | artifex doctus (educated painter); library of artist; iconographical handbooks; emblem books; Johann Quirin Jahn; Dominik Kindermann |
| Description | The article uses the examples of Johann Quirin Jahn (1739-1802) and Dominik Kindermann (1739-1817), two late eighteenth century artists, to show that the ideal of the educated painter (artifex doctus), as postulated by Renaissance art theory, had not lost its significance at this period. It also demonstrated that in spite of critical reservations of contemporary art theory about traditional iconographical handbooks and emblem books this type of literature was well represented un the libraries of both artists, and was without doubt also used in their work. |
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