Brill Literature and Artistic Practice in Sixteenth-Century Italy: 262/17 (Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History, 262/17)

A study on the technique of painting through cross-analysis of literary texts by Leonardo, Vasari, Armenini, Borghini, Lomazzo and works of art, examining some significant paintings in the Capodimonte Museum, Naples. Review "For the study of art theory, practice, and conservation science, and in delineating how to read the value and significance of technical texts in their historical context and in their in illumination of technique and style, text, and conception of art, Literature and Artistic Practice in Sixteenth-Century Italy represents a new achievement in the study of art history." Shancheng Ma, Ningbo University. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 1 (Spring 2018), pp. 236-237. About the Author Angela Cerasuolo, Ph.D. (2012) Seconda Università di Napoli, is Restorer-conservator in the Museum of Capodimonte, Naples. She has published on history and theory of conservation and on painting techniques, including contribution on Raphael, Sebastiano del Piombo, Polidoro, Vasari, Leonardo.