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Federico Borromeo, Cardinal-Archbishop of Milan (1564–1631), is well known as a leading Catholic reformer and as the founder of the Ambrosiana library, art collection, and academy in that city. Less known is the fact that the institution's art museum was the culmination of many decades of reflection on the aesthetic qualities and religious roles of art. Borromeo recorded his reflections in two treatises. De pictura sacra (Sacred Painting, 1624) laid out the rules that artists should follow when creating religious art. Borromeo touched on dozens of iconographical issues and in so doing drew on his deep knowledge not only of church fathers, councils, and scripture but also of classical art and literature. In Musaeum (1625) Borromeo showed a less doctrinaire and more personal side by walking the reader through the Ambrosiana and commenting on specific works in his collection. He offered some of the earliest and most important critiques to survive on works by artists such as Leonardo, Titian, and Jan Brueghel the Elder. This volume offers, for the first time, translations of the treatises directly into English as well as freshly edited Latin texts, an introduction, extensive notes, and an appendix on the Academy of Design that was established in conjunction with the museum.

History --- Christian religion --- art theory --- Neo-Latin literature --- Art --- Borromeo, Federico --- Christian art and symbolism --- Christianity and art --- Painting --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Christianisme et art --- Peinture --- Early works to 1800. --- Catholic Church --- Ouvrages avant 1800 --- Eglise catholique --- Pinacoteca ambrosiana (Milan, Italy) --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Art and Christianity --- Art, Christian --- Art, Ecclesiastical --- Arts in the church --- Christian symbolism --- Ecclesiastical art --- Symbolism and Christian art --- Religious art --- Symbolism --- Church decoration and ornament --- Milan. --- Ambrosiana Gallery (Milan, Italy) --- Symbolism in art --- 18.48 Neo-Latin literature. --- Art theory. --- Art, Renaissance. --- Christian art and symbolism. --- Christliche Kunst. --- Kristen konst och symbolik --- Kristendom och konst --- Kunst. --- Malerei. --- Målarkonst --- Painting. --- Religiöse Kunst. --- Ästhetik. --- Catholic Church. --- Romersk-katolska kyrkan --- Borromeo, Federico, --- Pinacoteca Ambrosiana Mailand. --- Pinacoteca ambrosiana (Milan, Italy). --- Christian art and symbolism - Early works to 1800 --- Christianity and art - Catholic Church - Early works to 1800 --- Painting - Early works to 1800