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One argument is that in Florence and Rome, the training of an artist to use drawing was of superior importance to that of colour, Tintoretto argued that the artist's ability to use colour was what distinguished him as an artist citing that 'beautiful colours are for sale on the Riatto'http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Special:Wysiwyg?tid=wysiwyg#_ftn1 but it requires training for an artist to use those colours to effect. There was always much debate over whether drawing or the application of colour was the more important skill with the schools of Venice constantly claiming 'colore' held more significance than the 'bella maniera' of other Italian academies; they would argue that a build-up of colour enabled an artist to seize the moment more quickly and easily than through draughtsmanship as it did not require detail nor sharp contours
---- http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Special:Wysiwyg?tid=wysiwyg#_ftnref1 Ridolfi, p.59

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