Editing Paragone (section)

{{short description|Debate during the Italian Renaissance}}
[[Image:Benedetto varchi tiziano.jpg|right|thumbnail|[[Benedetto Varchi]], by [[Titian]]]]

'''Paragone''' ({{langx|it|paragone}}, meaning ''comparison''), was a debate during the [[Italian Renaissance]] in which painting and sculpture (and to a degree, architecture) were each championed as forms of art superior and distinct to each other.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book|title=Baroque and Rococo|last=A.|first=Bailey, Gauvin|isbn=9780714857428|location=London|pages=9|oclc=804911527|date = 2012-08-20}}</ref> While other art forms, such as architecture and poetry existed in the context of the debate, painting and sculpture were the primary focus of the debate.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/thir/paragone_comparison/0|title=Paragone ('comparison') {{!}} Thames & Hudson Dictionary of the Italian Renaissance, The – Credo Reference|website=search.credoreference.com|access-date=2019-02-27}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":6" />

The debate extended beyond the fifteenth century and even influences the discussion and interpretation of artworks that may or may not have been influenced by the debate itself.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal|last=Land|first=Norman|date=October 1999|journal=Source: Notes in the History of Art|volume=19|issue=1|pages=1–8|doi=10.1086/sou.19.1.23206710|issn=0737-4453|title=Giovanni Bellini, Jan van Eyck, and the "paragone" of Painting and Sculpture|s2cid=191389078}}</ref>

A comparable question, generally posed less competitively, was known as ''[[ut pictura poesis]]'' (a quote from [[Horace]]), comparing the qualities of painting and poetry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thisisparagon.co.uk/|title=Home|website=This is Paragon|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref>