Colour Theory

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The paper analyzes Dolce's article for what it tells us of conflict between Venetian and Florentine notions of art, as presented by Aretino in praising colour/depiction, and Fabrini's appeal to more thematic, bold, Florentine painting. The text offers access to a very different city state in Venice, of different history, and a culture given to aesthetic softness and realism. The paper gives reflections on the purposes of painting as indicated by both speakers.

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"Lodovico Dolce's L'Aretino 1557 - Pietro Aretino and Giovan Francesco Fabrini. Pietro Aretino presents the pro-Venetian views of Dolce, in contrast with Fabrini's pro-Florentine ideas, as they debate what we would today describe as colour theory. For Aretino, naturalism and colouring are aspects of Venetian art, and art in general, that he believes are most noteworthy, as opposed by Giorgio Vansari, the primary influence of Fabrini's views. The pages discussed here open in Aretino's assertion that painters to include birds or horses exemplified the importance of colour. (pp. 1-3)"

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