Lorenzo
Monaco
A Florentine Monk’s Vision: The World of Lorenzo Monaco Lorenzo Monaco, born Piero di Giovanni around 1370 in Siena, occupies a fascinating and pivotal position in the transition from the Gothic grace of the Trecento to the burgeoning Renaissance ideals of the Quattrocento. Though biographical …
A portrait built from Lorenzo Monaco's own colours
Every 46 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.
