Talk:Unione

My edit+comment
Unione was developed by Raphael as a response to Leonardo da Vinci's sfumato.

I know that's sourced, but it's misleading, response could suggest that it is another variant of sfumato or a more improved version. But there's a reason why each is considered as a canonical and not one as simply a variant of the other. The term canonical speaks of itself... they're the four basic different techniques (like the three primary colors can be considered as canonicals).

The context of unione vs sfumato is different, unione is just not an improvement, it's used in a different context. Chiaroscuro wasn't (at least significantly) used by Davinci, a technique which used different hues of heavily pigmented colors on a same object representation. Raphael himself used such a technique, but to add fluidity between colors he just had no other option than to hide the edges (so unione to unify the object). That unione is just a sfumato for more vibrant colors is therefor not really accurate. They're more vibrant colors because Chiaroscuro is used. So when no Chiaroscuro (or other adaptations) mostly sfumato, if Chiaroscuro (or other adaptations) mostly unione. Yaḥyā ‎ (talk) 21:33, 2 December 2017 (UTC)