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Three Methods of Modelling the Virgin's Mantle in Early Itallan Painting

1978; Routledge; Volume: 17; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1179/019713678806029166

1945-2330

Norman Müller,

Three methods of modelling the Virgin's blue mantle in early Italian painting are discussed. The first is modelling in three values, mentioned by Cennino Cennini in Chapter CXL V of his treatise; the second is the two-value system, noted in Cennino's Chapter CXL VI; and the third is a schematic two-value method of indicating light and shade that was not mentioned by Cennino, but which appears in four late fourteenth century Sienese paintings. The author suggests that the latter technique originated in Siena and was a modification of earlier methods of depicting folds, such as are found on late thirteenth century painting.