disegno

Examples of disegno in the following topics:

• The Venetian Painters of the High Renaissance

  • In particular, Giorgione, Titian, and Veronese follows the Venetian School's preference of color over disegno.
  • His works do not contain much under-drawing, demonstrating how he did not adhere to Florentine disegno, and his subject matters remain elusive and mysterious.

• Art and Patronage

  • Cosimo in turn patronized Vasari who erected the Uffizi Gallery in 1560 and founded the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno – ("Academy of the Arts of Drawing") in 1563.

• Academic Painting and Sculpture

  • Followers of Poussin, called "poussinistes", argued that line (disegno) should dominate art because of its appeal to the intellect, while followers of Rubens, called "rubenistes", argued that color (colore) should dominate art because of its appeal to emotion.