Cennini, Cennino (chān-nē`nō chān-nē`nē), c.1370–1440, Florentine painter, follower of Agnolo Gaddi. None of his paintings is extant. He is most famous for having written the Libro dell'arte (written 1400?, tr., The Craftsman's Handbook, 1933). This treatise marks a transition between medieval and Renaissance concepts of art. Closely following the tradition of Giotto, he offers detailed advice about the established technique of painting. At the same time, Cennini was one of the first to call for imagination in art and to advocate the elevation of painting from artisanship to the fine arts.

Cennini, Cennino (d'Andrea)

(born c. 1370, near Florence—died c. 1440, Florence) Italian painter and writer active in Florence. A few surviving paintings are attributed to him, but he is best known as the author of Il libro dell'arte (1437; The Craftsman's Handbook), the most important sourcebook on artistic practice in the late Middle Ages. His detailed descriptions of tempera and fresco painting reflect the technical procedures of the great Florentine painting tradition. He believed that painting held a high place among occupations because it combined theory or imagination with the skill of the hand.

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No references found	During the 1300''s the Italian Cennino Cennini created oil paintings that were a combination of tempera and several layers of light oil. Painting like the Masters: by Chris Spears / Hobbies community The idea that composition enters the realm of teachable art and that the painter's management of composition is to be advanced as the principal means for the presentation of a story, is contrasted with the somewhat earlier writings on art of Cennino Cennini, who, as Kuhn observes, is silent on these matters. Erfindung und Komposition in der Monumentalen Zyklischen ... by Riess, Jonathan B. / Renaissance Quarterly This is why it is most often thrown back to that "before the time of art"--that ill-defined sphere of the artisan--of which Cennino Cennini spoke willingly and of which Alberti never spoke,(14) or else to an "after the time of art," that sphere, again scorned, of so-called "nonworks" or Duchampian ready-mades. Critical reflections by Kraus, Rosalind / Artforum International	cemented soil cementing basket Cementite cementitious cementitious material cementitious mixture Cementum Cemetery cemetery beacon Cen Cen X-3 Cena, Giovanni cenaculum Cenap Sahabettin cenatio Cenchrea Cenci, Beatrice Cenci, Count Cenci, Count Francesco Cendrars, Blaise CENELEC Cenis Cenis, Mont Cenis, Mount Cennini, Cennino Cennino Cennini Cenogenesis Cenomanian Cenomanian Stage Cenotaph cenote Cenotypal Rocks Cenozoic Cenozoic Era censer Censive Censor censored data Censorinus Censorship censorware Census Census of Agriculture Census of Industry Census of Marine Life Census of Trade Census, Population Cent Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles, Les cental centare	CENI CENIC CENIDH CENIM Cenimagni CENINFODOM CENIPA Cenis Cenis Cenis, Mont Cenis, Mont Cenis, Mount Cenis, Mount CEnIT CENJ CENKOC CENL Cenler for the Study of Central Asia and Caucasus CENLR CENM CENMA CENMAN CENN CENNET Cenni di Pepo Cenni di Pepo Cenni di Pepo Cimabue Cenni di Pepo Cimabue Cennini, Cennino Cennino Cennini CENNT ceno- ceno- cenobite cenobite Cenobites Cenobites cenobitic cenobitic Cenobitic Monasticism cenobitical Cenobitism Cenobium Cenoby CENOC CENOE Cenogamy cenogenesis cenogenesis cenogenesis cenogenetic CENOLI Cenomanian Cenomanian Stage Cenomanian-Turonian Boundary Event cenophobia cenophobia cenosis cenosite cenospecies

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During the 1300''s the Italian Cennino Cennini created oil paintings that were a combination of tempera and several layers of light oil.

Painting like the Masters: by Chris Spears / Hobbies community

The idea that composition enters the realm of teachable art and that the painter's management of composition is to be advanced as the principal means for the presentation of a story, is contrasted with the somewhat earlier writings on art of Cennino Cennini, who, as Kuhn observes, is silent on these matters.

Erfindung und Komposition in der Monumentalen Zyklischen ... by Riess, Jonathan B. / Renaissance Quarterly

This is why it is most often thrown back to that "before the time of art"--that ill-defined sphere of the artisan--of which Cennino Cennini spoke willingly and of which Alberti never spoke,(14) or else to an "after the time of art," that sphere, again scorned, of so-called "nonworks" or Duchampian ready-mades.

Critical reflections by Kraus, Rosalind / Artforum International

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