Mar 7, 2020Colour Symbolism in Giotto’s Arena ChapelSensory impressions derived from bright colours drew the onlooker from the material to the immaterial, bringing the divine into human life.
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.
Leonardo's SfumatoLeonardo once wrote that ‘light and shade should blend without lines or borders in the manner of smoke’.
The Magic of Surface DetailThe illusion of reality balances the soft and the touchable with the reflective and the gleaming.
A Constellation of DotsHow to create a representation of the human body which appears convincingly plotted in 3D space?
Hasan Niyazi, Art Historian, RememberedHasan was a mercurial force in the digital art history space, and created a devoted community of Renaissance art lovers around his blog.
Raphael's UnioneRaphael sought to achieve soft shadows and tonal unity, without sacrificing bellezza di colore, or brilliant colour.
Michelangelo's CangiantismoThe overall effect of Cangiantismo is slightly dreamy, and an appropriate environment for non-threatening monsters.
Cennini and the SuperBrightsCennini created a comprehensive manual, explaining challenges such as ‘How to paint a dead man' and How to paint water'.
Modes of Renaissance ColourColour today, as in Renaissance Italy, artfully fuels an essential escape to alternative states of mind.