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The painted word: The ecphrasis in sixteenth-century treatises on painting

This article discusses prescriptive and encomiastic aspects of the role of ecphrasis as a discursive topic in treatises on painting in the first half of the XVI century, specifically the work Da Pintura Antiga, by the Portuguese painter Francisco de Holanda. We wish to examine not only the mechanism...

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Main Author:	Nascimento, Cristiane Maria Rebello
Format:	Online
Language:	Portuguese
Published:	Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2021
Subjects:	Treatise Painting Ecphrasis XVIth century Tratado Pintura Ecfrase Século XVI
Online Access:	https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/rhac/article/view/15416
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