Cangiante: A fabric and a coloristic device in the art of the Renaissance
β Scribed by Rolf G. Kuehni
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 580 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-2317
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β¦ Synopsis
Cangianfe: A Fabric and a Coloristic Devke in the Art of the Renaissance Changsable, shot, or cangiante (iridexmt) .fabrics are fashionable textile materials typically made ofsilk or lustroirs man-made filament yarns with the warp and.filling dytd in contrasting colors. At diferent ang1c.s of viewing one or the other color predominates, giving rise to the chungcwhle aspect. Since the beginning of the Italian renaissance, such. fabrics have been painted by many artists, part icularly the Florentines. Such depictions soon w t w used as reprcsentations ?f the supernutural, with increusing artIjiciality. They culminated in the.fiescos @Michelangelo on the ceiling qfthe Sistine Chapel, giving rise to thc definition ofa mode ofpainting in the Italian Renaissance culled cangiantismo. o
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