Ovidius: Ars Amatoria (Ovid: the Art of Love) - Portfolio of lithographs by Federico Righi

Ovidius: Ars Amatoria (Ovid: the Art of Love) - Portfolio of lithographs by Federico Righi

Ovidius: Ars Amatoria (Ovid: the Art of Love) - Portfolio of lithographs

Federico Righi

Title

Ovidius: Ars Amatoria (Ovid: the Art of Love) - Portfolio of lithographs

 
Artist

Federico Righi

  1908 - 1986 (biography)
Year
1970  
Technique
color lithographs (26 plus 1 monochrome); typeset text 
Image Size
images: 17-3/4 x 13-3/4"; folio: 18 x 13-1/4 x 2" 
Signature
Plate 1 signed lower right; justification signed, pencil 
Edition Size
Collaborator's copy E/L 
Annotations
typeset text in English, throughout 
Reference
 
Paper
cream wove Ventura Aquaforti paper (Milan) 
State
published 
Publisher
Roten Galleries, Baltimore, MD 
Inventory ID
2022 
Price
SOLD
Description

As translated by Rolfe Humphries in 1955, Ovid's Ars amatoria is illustrated with 27 color lithographs in this complete elephant folio, with original red-tinted cover wraps. 211 unbound pages with text; plate 1 signed lower right, pencil; justification signed in pencil.

Ancient Roman poet Ovid's 2 BC Ars Amatoria, or the Art of Love is an instructional guide to finding a partner, published in three volumes. Book one was to show a man how to find a woman; book two instructs him in how to maintain a happy marriage, and book three was the same for women looking for a partner. The advice ranges from the basic rules of regard (not forgetting birthdays, spending time apart--but not too much), to ideas that Chistianity later deemed unseemly (suggesting that women try partners of varying ages before settling; advocation of mutual sexual fulfillment).