joan
mates
Joan Mates: A Catalan Visionary Bridging Medieval Tradition and Renaissance Innovation To step into the world of Joan Mates is to enter a period of profound spiritual intensity and burgeoning artistic curiosity. Born around 1370 in Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain, Mates emerged during a transformative …
A portrait built from joan mates's own colours
Every 5 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.
