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Venetian artists worked voraciously to compete with other artists during their time period, as well as to follow the footsteps of the greatsd before them. These artists achieved this mainly by creating works that would be admired for their religious glorification, pure beauty, and naturalistic features<\/span>. Another key feature of Venetian artwork was the emphasis placed on color. The phrase \"colorito<\/i>\" translates to \"coloring\", and is typically used to describe the how Venice artists exemplified their mastery of color pigments and tones in their paintings. In 16th-century Venetian paintings, color was used in a dominant manner. This served for the artisits's expressive purposes and as an important compositional element. The manipulation of color allowed for raw emotions to be poured onto the canvas. Artists such as Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto devloped a unique relationship and rivalry during this time period, all three of which were strong advocates of using colorito<\/em> as a central compositional element. The main alternative to colorito was \"designo\", which favored the art of drawing<\/a> over colorism. Artists from different areas of Italy represented nature quite differently which led to artwork that differed not only in technique and appearance but in their very conception. Designo was much more popular in Florence, Italy, as opposed to the love of color in Venice. To the Floretines, art was drawings and shaped with the addition of color, whereas the Venetians saw art as drawing fused with color. This demostrates the higher emphasis and Venetians placed on color. In Florence and other parts of Italy, color was essentially an added bonus to the drawing itself, but in Venice it was seen as an inseperable and key component of the final piece. Another key difference between these techniques was the fact that the Florentines were planning and perfecting their design on paper, the Venetians were instead drawing straight on the canvas. They would alter their design while painting, thus focusing on the brushwork and color that they were applying directly onto the canvas. All in all, in order to implement colorito<\/em> in Venetian paintings the process of layering and blending colors was often used to achieve a glowing richness. This demonstrates the fact that not only the selection of colors, but also the way these colors were applied was deemed fundamental to conceiving painted images charged with the true look of life. This marked a shift from previous Italian art and it is one of the many factors that made Venice such a unique and distinct cultural hub.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>","credits":"Jared Kreis","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":"default","theme_options":"a:2:{s:7:\"seasons\";a:7:{s:11:\"style_sheet\";s:6:\"summer\";s:11:\"footer_text\";s:328:\"Bacchus and Ariadne<\/b><\/i> (1522\u20131523).<\/span><\/sup> This is an oil painting that was done by Titian. It is a prime example of the beauty generated by colorito<\/em>. This painting is currently located in the National Gallery in London. <\/span>\";s:24:\"display_footer_copyright\";s:1:\"0\";s:17:\"item_file_gallery\";s:1:\"0\";s:19:\"use_advanced_search\";s:1:\"1\";s:12:\"exhibits_nav\";s:4:\"side\";s:4:\"logo\";s:36:\"d3217b23dac368c8a4ff8c691e493a13.jpg\";}s:7:\"default\";a:12:{s:10:\"text_color\";s:7:\"#444444\";s:16:\"background_color\";s:7:\"#FFFFFF\";s:10:\"link_color\";s:7:\"#888888\";s:12:\"button_color\";s:7:\"#000000\";s:17:\"button_text_color\";s:7:\"#FFFFFF\";s:18:\"header_title_color\";s:7:\"#000000\";s:4:\"logo\";N;s:17:\"header_background\";s:36:\"93201b66457616231a6a39f77d92c4a7.jpg\";s:11:\"footer_text\";s:0:\"\";s:24:\"display_footer_copyright\";s:1:\"0\";s:17:\"item_file_gallery\";s:1:\"1\";s:19:\"use_advanced_search\";s:1:\"1\";}}","slug":"kreis-colorito","added":"2020-11-10 23:43:04","modified":"2020-11-20 01:32:01","owner_id":8,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":155},"item":{"id":125,"item_type_id":null,"collection_id":7,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2020-10-21 09:56:37","modified":"2020-10-22 01:53:39","owner_id":20}}