Titian and his followers translated the dancing, rich, reflective colours of mosaics into oil paintings of unprecedentedly deep texture.
"It gets a good, deep texture," he said.
They were crafted over long periods in different studios, the colours in the arrangements ranging from the autumnal Moonlight Mile, with Charlie Watts' orchestral drumming, to the deep gospel textures of Let It Loose.
In our memories, the past is lit up by a single feature (an event, often) – but in a diary, it is all there, the deep and messy texture of life, the nuance.
For Duke Ellington, the jazz maestro, a D on his colleague's baritone saxophone might be a deep blue, the texture of burlap, while a G on another musician's alto sax might be light blue with a satiny finish, according to the biography "Sweet Man: The Real Duke Ellington," by Don George.
His lighter palette with bold brushstrokes and contrasting tones of blue, red and green give the painting a deeper texture.
And, lately, Facebook has begun creeping ever deeper into the texture of life, rolling out new features and partnerships that help bind it even more tightly to the fabric that keeps us connected.
The first was a deep bluish red the texture of pottery clay that unaccountably smeared onto fingers and face but came free with the padded 28AAA brassiere purchased at Woolworth's.
Those at Barbiana are the best I've ever tasted and had the texture of deep-fried lace.
