A Translated version of the Art of Cennino Cennini. A contemporary practical treatise on Quattrocento Painting, including notes on medieval methods, and early explanations of oil painting and other techniques.
Cennino Cennini was an Italian painter. He is remembered mainly for having authored 'Il libro dell'arte'. Thought to have been written around the turn of the 15th century, the book is a "how to" on late Medieval and early Renaissance art.
