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PILES (Roger de). Dialogue sur le Coloris. In Paris, at Nicolas Langlois, ruë saint Jacques, à la Victoire. M.DC.X CIX. With privilege of the King. In French, manuscript on paper. France, 20th century. 40] ff. Bound in green half-percaline, tan morocco title-piece (binding rubbed). Very legible handwritten copy made by three people at the beginning of the 20th century, of the essay by the painter and critic Roger de Piles (1635-1709). This dialogue takes place in a dispute that was raging at the time of the first edition of this text (1673), and that has been called the "colouring quarrel". It opposed the supporters of Rubens and those of Poussin in order to determine what was more important in painting, drawing or colouring. Roger de Piles for his part supported Rubens and the primacy of colour. In 1699, the date of the second edition of this text, the election of Piles to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture put an end to the quarrel and confirmed the victory of the Rubenists.
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PILES (Roger de). Dialogue sur le Coloris. In Paris, at Nicolas Langlois, ruë saint Jacques, à la Victoire. M.DC.X CIX. With privilege of the King. In French, manuscript on paper. France, 20th century. 40] ff. Bound in green half-percaline, tan morocco title-piece (binding rubbed). Very legible handwritten copy made by three people at the beginning of the 20th century, of the essay by the painter and critic Roger de Piles (1635-1709). This dialogue takes place in a dispute that was raging at the time of the first edition of this text (1673), and that has been called the "colouring quarrel". It opposed the supporters of Rubens and those of Poussin in order to determine what was more important in painting, drawing or colouring. Roger de Piles for his part supported Rubens and the primacy of colour. In 1699, the date of the second edition of this text, the election of Piles to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture put an end to the quarrel and confirmed the victory of the Rubenists.
