Index to Part Two: Precepts of the Painter (chs. 47-72)
Opening page of the Tavola to Part Two, on the training and precepts of the painter
This is the opening page of the index (Tavola) to Part Two of the Treatise, headed 'Table of the Second Part of the Book. Of the precepts of the painter,' listing chapters 47-72 with their folio references ('a car.'). The entries concern the education of the young painter, what he should first learn, how to study, and the qualities of mind and judgment he needs. Further headings set out general precepts on being a universal artist, awakening invention, and learning diligence before quick practice.
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Training of the young painter
The first group of index entries (chs. 47-55) concerns the education of the aspiring painter. They cover what the young man should learn first, what his study should be, the rule to give to boy painters, the painter's life in his studio, and how he should proceed in his study and manner of studying.
The painter's mind, judgment, and universality
The middle entries (chs. 56-65) address the qualities of the painter himself. Headings treat what likeness the painter's mind should have, the judgment of the painter, a discourse on his precepts, being universal in one's works, and the practitioner of painting and his precepts.
Awakening invention; diligence before speed
The closing entries (chs. 66-72) give practical advice for study. They include ways of increasing and awakening the mind to various inventions, studying even when waking or before sleep in the dark, the games draughtsmen should play, learning diligence before quick practice, whether to draw in company, and how to learn well by heart.