Abstract
Cangiante fabrics are iridescent silk or synthetic fabrics in which the warp and filling yarns are dyed in contrasting colors so that the fabric changes in tint when viewed from different angles. Earliest references to fabrics of this nature date from the third century. Cangiante effects in fabrics were first painted by the artist Giotto (1266-1337) in Florence. Many other later Renaissance paintings depicted this fabric. Changeable fabrics in Renaissance paintings of the 15th century were often used to drape images of angels to represent the supernatural. Michelangelo (1475-1566) used cangiante modeling with such intensity that it acquired a style of its own named cangiantismo . Figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome illustrate his most famous representation of this type of fabric.
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