ID: 700009454 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009454	Record Type: Movable Work
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Alberti Dvreri pictoris et architecti praestantissimi De vrbibvs... (illustrated book; author, designer: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528); publis...; 1535; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 125.97 D932; )

Note: Dürer created paintings and drawings of the highest quality and made major contributions to the development of printmaking, particularly engraving. This volume contains Latin editions of both the military and geometric Dürer treatises published in Paris in the mid-1530s. Although it has been previously rebacked, this copy is bound in a contemporary blind-tooled calfskin.

Titles:

Alberti Dvreri pictoris et architecti praestantissimi De vrbibvs... (preferred,C,U,RP,Latin-P,U,P)

Alberti Dvreri pictoris et architecti praestantissimi de vrbibvs, arcibvs, castellique condendis (C,U,BT,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

illustrated book [300311820] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>, books, <books by internal form>)

Classifications:

printed materials (preferred)

Creation Date: 1535

Creator Display:

author, designer: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528); publisher: Officina Christiani Wecheli [preferred]

designer Dürer, Albrecht (German printmaker and painter, 1471-1528) [500115493]

publisher Officina Christiani Wecheli (French publisher, 16th century) [500475808]

Locations:

Other: Publication: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 125.97 D932

Credit Line: Purchased with income from the Jacob S. Rogers Fund

Display Materials: book, ink on paper, calfskin binding

	printing (process) [300053319]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	calf (leather) [300227525]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material, leather, <leather by origin>)

	blind tooling [300252855]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <surface marking processes and techniques>, tooling)

Dimensions: 78 pp.; H: 13 3/4 in. (35 cm)

Cultures:

German (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Renaissance [300021140] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

text (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	geometry [300054529]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), <science and related disciplines>, science (modern discipline), mathematics) (AAT)

	letters (signs) [300055055]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, <script and type forms>, script and type signs, phonetic signs) (AAT)

	perspective (technique) [300056340]
	.....(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <perspective and shading techniques>) (AAT)

Creation Number: Paris: Officina Christiani Wecheli, 1535

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Alberti Dvreri pictoris et architecti praestantissimi De vrbibvs...	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 19 June 2018
Alberti Dvreri pictoris et architecti praestantissimi de vrbibvs, arcibvs, castellique condendis	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 19 June 2018