In its final section, the author extensively echoes Lucian's praise of Apelle's portrayal of Calumny and advocates the careful use of preparatory studies.
In its final section, the author extensively echoes Lucian's praise of Apelle's portrayal of Calumny and advocates the careful use of preparatory studies. Depicting a variety of bodies, but not in an excessive amount, and doing so in a manner that mirrors Nature, but also brings out the individual beauty and dignity of subjects are cited by the author as key guidelines for an historia. Its first chapter mainly discusses geometry, using the creation of a central vanishing point as a defining element of perspective. Prefaced by a dedication to Filippo Brunelleschi, this is, FTP, which treatise on the titular art by Leon Battista Alberti?
In its final section, the author extensively echoes Lucian's praise of Apelle's portrayal of Calumny and advocates the careful use of preparatory studies.
De {Pictura} or On {Painting}