Vasari on technique

The Ten Books on Architecture

An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author

Vitruvii De architectura libri decem

El tratado de la pintura

Ladies' manual of art; or, profit and pastime. A self teacher in all branches of decorative art, embracing every variety of painting and drawing on china, glass, velvet, canvas, paper and wood the secret of all glass transparencies, sketching from nature. pastel and crayon drawing, taxidermy, etc.