Cangiante
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Cangiante is one of the four canonical painting modes of the Renaissance (the other three being Unione, Chiaroscuro, and Sfumato).[1] It is characterized by the painter's changing to a lighter hue when the original hue cannot be made light enough or, conversely, changing to a darker hue when the original hue cannot be made dark enough. The painter may change, for example, from the color yellow to the color red (irregardless of the object's actual color)when painting shadows on a yellow object simply because the yellow he has to work with cannot be made dark enough to render shadows on that object (and the red can).
The word itself derives from the Italian 'cangiare' ('to change').
The greatest practitioner of this technique was Michelangelo and it is illustrated in many places of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. In the illustration of the Prophet Daniel which accompanies this article the use of cangiante can be clearly seen in the transition from green to yellow in the Prophet's robes. It might seem counter-intuitive that such a technique would work but this is another illustration of the greater importance of brightness information over color information in making sense of a scene. After Michelangelo's time the technique found widespread acceptance and is now a standard part of the painter's mental took-kit.
References
- ^ Hall, Marcia (1994). Color and Meaning: Practice and Theory in Renaissance Painting. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521457330.