From this imposing source, Thomas A. Pallen has created a compendium of theatrical references augmented by related modern Italian scholarship. Vasari's Lives -

Giorgio Vasari was one of the few artists in the history of art who built, designed, and decorated his homes. This book is the first to focus on Vasari's decora

The studies in which history of art and theatre are considered together are few, and none to date investigate the evolution of the representation of clouds from

From Commedia dell’Arte came archetypal characters that are still with us today, such as Harlequin and Pantalone, and the rediscovered craft of writing comic

This book describes the many ways in which music was used in Italian theatrical performances between the late fifteenth and early seventeenth centuries. In part