Cennino

Note 23: The literature on historic painting materials spans a broad range of time, geographic region, and information offered, starting with Cennino Cennini's Libro del'arte from the mid-fifteenth century.

The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

We have heard indigo complained of as a fugitive colour; Cennino mentions it for skies with a tempera of glue.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Various

It was the custom of writers, in the time of Cennino, to neglect the precept of Horace.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Various

They did not rush "in medias res" -- Cennino in particular.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Various

Three are mentioned by Cennino -- indigo, a cobalt, and ultramarine.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Various

The blacks of Cennino are from a stone, and opaque; from vine tendrils,

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Various

Dürer, Francisco d'Ollanda (conversations with Michael Angelo), Cennino

The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art Cicely Margaret Powell [Editor] Binyon

"Vernice da Scrivere" of Cennino, and quotes Raffaello Borghini in his

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Various

It is in _these mixtures_ that the secret consisted, not in using the oils; and we may certainly conclude that the process of Van Eyck was very different from that of Theophilus and Cennino, both of whom used linseed oil without the mixture of any other substance.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Various

If poor Cennino had entertained no other fears but the displeasure of the fair sex, he would have passed a happier old age.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Various