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The Gods Are Athirst
Anatole France · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Lemma.
The handling or effect of colour in painting. Dubois praises Correggio’s coloris separately from Carracci’s invention and Domenichino’s drawing. This is a differentiated critical vocabulary: each quality can ground a preference without making one painter simply the best in every respect.
Places to read
- Chapter X, paragraph 14Frenchle coloris du Corrège: Correggio’s colour. The praise occurs in an account of artistic training and travel.