Contents

Acknowledgements

ix

On the Translation

xi

Introduction

1

1.

Proportion Theory: Disciplinary Intersections

1

2.

Gallucci: Translator, Academician, Pedagogue

26

3.

Ut pictura poesis: Sister Arts

40

4.

Physiognomics: The Science of Passion

50

5.

From Microcosm to Macrocosm

58

6.

Proportion Studies: Reception and Legacy

67

On the Symmetry of Human Bodies

83

Bibliography

187

List of Illustrations

201

Index of Proper Names

205