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Trattato di prospettiva (Treatise on Perspective)
Zaccolini's treatise has four parts that discuss different theories of painting. The treatise is most noted for Zaccolini's theories on optics and vision and there how they relate to painting.
Underweysung der Messung mit dem Zirckel und Richtscheyt (Instructions for Measuring With Compass and Ruler)
A treatise made to be a manual for artists and architects to incorporate measurement into their work.
Vom Holtz Guaico
Hohenheim, also known as Paraclesus, shortly discusses a controversial yet popular herb Guaiacum, known for its medicinal properties brought from the Americas to Europe. The guaiacum was believed to be useful in the disease syphillis by many…
Water
Goltzius' depiction of the humors associated with women