egnazio
danti
Egnazio Danti: Scholar, Cartographer, and the Dawn of a New Calendar Egnazio Danti (1536-1586), born Pellegrino Rainaldi Danti in Perugia, Italy, was far more than simply an artist; he was a polymath – a scholar, astronomer, cartographer, mathematician, and a pivotal figure in the intellectual …
A portrait built from egnazio danti's own colours
Every 3 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
