Painting Modes of Renaissance

 There are four significantly different modes of techniques in the Renaissance paintings which are Cangiante, Chiaroscuro, Sfumato and Unione. They have been widely spread by posteriry. Many great masters applied them superbly to create brilliant and spectacular art treasures.

CANGIANTE Technique 

In the Cangiante technique, one color abruptly replaces another color, to create shadow or the highlight an area that would be dulled more if the color would simply by mixed with brown or black.

The most prominent practitioner and creator of this technique is

MICHELANGELO.

UNIONE Technique

The method of employing "Unione" in a painting creates a higher tonal key that where the image consists primarily of light tones, without dark excessive dark shadow that are seen in chiaroscuro.

The most prominent practitioner and creator of this technique is

RAPHAEL.

CHIAROSCURO Technique

The word chairoscuro is Italian for light and shadow. It's one of the classic techniques used in the works of artists like Rembrandt, da Vinci and Caravaggio. It refers to the use of light and shadow to create the illusion of light from a specific source shining on the figures and objects in the painting.

   The most prominent practitioner and creator of this technique is 

Rembrandt, da Vinci and Caravaggio

however this technique was primarily

RAPHAEL.

SFUMATO Technique

Sfumato is a painting technique which involves blending the edge between colors so that there is a soft transition. The term "sfumato" is Italian which translates to soft, vague or blurred.

 The most prominent practitioner and creator of this technique is

LEONARDO DA VINCI.