Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter and academic (died 1600)

Gian Paolo Lomazzo

Italian artist and writer (1538–1592)

Gian Paolo Lomazzo was an Italian artist and writer on art. Praised as a painter, Lomazzo wrote about artistic practice and art theory after blindness compelled him to pursue a different professional path by 1571. Lomazzo's written works were especially influential to second…