Of the Just Shaping of Letters
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Of the Just Shaping of Letters, by Albrecht Dürer, is translated by R. T. Nichol from the Latin text of the edition of MDXXXV. A letter of dedication is addressed by Albrecht Dürer to Wilibald Pirckheimer, his patron and very good friend. The letter says that in our Germany there are many young men of a happy talent for the Art Pictorial who, without any artistic training whatever, have run riot like an unpruned tree.
The text says a picture is rather edifying and agreeable to Christian religion and duty, if only it be fairly, artificially, and correctly painted. The author says the work is meant not for painters alone, but for goldsmiths, sculptors, stonecutters, woodcarvers, and all who use compass, and rule, and measuring line. Instructions for the letter P say to make it in its square, dividing the square a. b. c. d. by the median horizontal line e. f.
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- Albrecht Dürer
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