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: A commentary on Ovid’s Metamorphoses , intended to help painters interpret and use classical mythology in their work.

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: The most original and historically significant section, providing roughly 175 biographies of Northern artists from the Van Eycks to Van Mander’s contemporaries. : A commentary on Ovid’s Metamorphoses , intended

: A guide to the symbolic representation of figures and deities, providing a iconographic "dictionary" for artists. Key Themes and Art Theory Van Mander, Het Schilder-Boeck (video) we're looking at a book that put the artists of the Northern

: A long didactic poem that serves as the "foundation" of the art of painting. It provides systematic instruction on technical aspects such as composition ( ordonnance ), drawing, landscape, and color.