Colour Symbolism in Giotto’s Arena Chapel
Sensory impressions derived from bright colours drew the onlooker from the material to the immaterial, bringing the divine into human life.
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Artful Musings
about Renaissance Art and Digital Art, alone and together
Tim Burton meets Raphael in the Darkness (and the Light)
His suburbia is a blinding pure-colour utopia, brightened with white – unnaturally - without shadow or stain.
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Leonardo's Sfumato
Leonardo once wrote that ‘light and shade should blend without lines or borders in the manner of smoke’.
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Raphael's Unione
Raphael sought to achieve soft shadows and tonal unity, without sacrificing bellezza di colore, or brilliant colour.
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Michelangelo's Cangiantismo
The overall effect of Cangiantismo is slightly dreamy, and an appropriate environment for non-threatening monsters.
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Cennini and the SuperBrights
Cennini created a comprehensive manual, explaining challenges such as ‘How to paint a dead man' and How to paint water'.
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Modes of Renaissance Colour
Colour today, as in Renaissance Italy, artfully fuels an essential escape to alternative states of mind.
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Colour Symbolism in Giotto’s Arena Chapel
Sensory impressions derived from bright colours drew the onlooker from the material to the immaterial, bringing the divine into human life.
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