Florence Leonardo da Vinci, Self-Portrait, around 1512, Sanguine, Biblioteca Reale, Turin
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and theoreticians. For example, the idea was that drawing was the actual design that was translated into a painting, which revealed the »skill« of an artist. A »disegno« is the original artistic idea that underlies every work of art. In this sense, architecture, sculpture, and painting are inferior to it. For the Venetians, however, it was colour that was the essence of
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painting, since only colour had the power enliven a work. According to these two observations, the dynamic Venetian colour paintings contrasted with the artistic Florentine ideals of drawing, perspective, and proportion. Titian's style is passionate, dynamic, and set with fast brush strokes. Like many of his fellow contemporary painters, he was
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