Excerpts from Cennino Cennini’s Handbook
Excerpts from Giorgio Vasari’s “Life of Madonna Properzia de’ Rossi,” sculptor of Bologna
Excerpts from Vasari’s description of Sofonisba Anguissola
Giorgio Vasari’s description of the Medici “academy”
Excerpts from Book III of Leon Battista Alberti’s On Painting
The courtier and the arts: An excerpt from Baldassare Castiglione, The Courtier