“To distinguish the true from the fictional and the fabulous […]”

Rome, Palazzo Farnese; Vatican City, Vatican Palace ; Rome, Villa Farnesina

One of the central ideas of the treatise is the division of painting into three different categories.

Conflict

Capriccio Clothes anachronism/Errors/Adornment Decorum Ignorance/Negligence of the artist Judging art Outer appearance Untruthfulness/Not probable/Not corresponding to history

Mention

Fabriano, 1564

Subject

historic painter ; mixed painter ; poetic painter