achilles
bocchius
Achilles Bocchius: The Symbolist Visionary Achille Bocchius (1488 – 6 November 1562), born in Bologna, Italy, was a multifaceted humanist writer, emblematist, historian and lector in Greek, poetry and ‘humanae litterae’ at the university of bologna. He stands as one of the most prominent figures …
A portrait built from achilles bocchius's own colours
Every 1 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.
