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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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. According to Cennino Cennini, in the first chapter of his Libro dell'Arte, there is a certain |
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