L' Academia Todesca della architectura, scultura & pittura oder Teutsche Academie der edlen Bau-, Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste: Von der Scvltura oder Bildereykvnst
Joachim von Sandrart's 1679 German academy of architecture, sculpture and painting, a Baroque art treatise printed in Nuremberg for artists and connoisseurs. The plates are engraved reproductions of ancient Roman sculptures, busts and relief medallions, labelled with names of gods and emperors. A designer could take from them the classical figure poses, draped contrapposto bodies, and oval medallion framing used for ornamental roundels and decorative borders.
