Cennino Cennini has perpetuated the Late Gothic…

Cennino Cennini has perpetuated the Late Gothic traditions of Giotto, which he had received from his teacher Agnolo Gaddi.

The Florentine painter is best known for writing Il libro dell'arte (1437; The Craftsman's Handbook), the most informative source on the methods, techniques, and attitudes of medieval artists.

Painting, according to Cennini, holds a high place among human occupations because it combines theory or imagination with the skill of the hand.

Cennini herein gives the first known explanation of the technique of painting with egg tempera.