Storia Della Pittura E La Scultura. Da I Tempi Pi� Antichi. Tomo I. = the History of Painting and Sculpture, from the Earliest Accounts. Vol. I. of 1; Volume 1

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T101062 Dedication signed: Thomas Hickey. First published as 'Storia della pittura e la scultura antica', 1788. Parallel Italian and English texts. A reissue of the 1788 edition with the addition of a second part. Advertised in the 'Calcutta Chronicle' of Feb Calcutta : from the press of Joseph Cooper, 1788 [1789]. [22],lxv,[22],lxxii-cxli,[1],33,[1]p. ; 4