Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giovanni Battista Armenini
Author of a notable historical book about painting. Meets  and . The book is important enough to be included in the virtual library of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento (the Italian National Institute for the study of the Renaissance) http://bivio.filosofia.sns.it/bvWorkTOC.php?authorSign=ArmeniniGiovanBattista&titleSign=DeVeriPrecettiDellaPittura, and 23 editions of its English translation are held by more than 350 libraries http://www.worldcat.org/title/on-the-true-precepts-of-the-art-of-painting/oclc/003169161 worldwide. A case of perhaps the book being more notable than the author, so no prejudice to a move to On the true precepts of the art of painting, leaving a redirect behind and incorporating the author's bio. However, even with the primary sources (and heck, this is the 15th century after all) I think a standalone bio is merited
— User:FreeRangeFrog, 00:17, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:AUTHOR||WP:CREATIVE (Wikipedia:Notability)