#2: Point(s) of View - How Early-Modern Antiquarians Depicted Three-Dimensional Objects in Their Publications

This article poses - and answers - the question of when ancient sculptures began to be depicted in multiple or all-round views in early modern prints. Examples from northern Alpine publications by Petrus Apianus and Stephanus Winandus Pighius from 1534 and 1559 respectively are discussed, and it is also shown that objects from “exotic” cultures that were less familiar in Europe were apparently in particularly strong need of more elaborate pictorial reproductions. From the second half of the 17th century onwards, more and more publications appeared that systematically offered multi-view illustrations to capture the formal characteristics of ancient sculptures.