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Title Statement Color theory : a critical introduction
Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint) Bloomsbury Visual Arts, London : 2022
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Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note Natural resources and trade : color use in traditional cultures -- Knowing at a distance : color problems in ancient Greek thought -- Stained glass and illluminations : European and Islamic color theory before Galileo -- Prisms, mirrors, and lenses : the Newtonian revolution -- Romanticism and chromophobia : the creation of color theory in the 19th century -- The science of the invisible : color classification systems and spiritual color -- High modern : color use at the Bauhaus and in abstract expressionism -- Postmodern : contemporary directions in color use.
Summary, etc "Color Theory gives an overview of the history of color theory, providing students with practical guidance on the use of color in art and design. By placing basic tenets of color theory such as the color wheel and color primaries within the Western industrial context that generated them, artist and educator Aaron Fine helps readers connect color choices to color meanings"-- Provided by publisher.
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Additional Physical Form Entry Online version: Fine, Aaron, 1971- Color theory London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021 ISBN 9781350027282
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Giving an overview of the history of color theory from ancient and classical cultures to contemporary contexts, this book explores important critical principles and provides practical guidance on the use of color in art and design.
List of Illustrations p. ix Dark and light p. 10 Occult theory, science, color, and race p. 224 Claude Bragdon p. 227 Color use activity 6.2 p. 230 Color use: culture and counterculture p. 231 Color use: from Manet to the Fauves p. 232 Color use on the Electric Avenue p. 236 Hilma af Klint and spiritual color use p. 237 Conclusion p. 241 High Modern: Color Use at the Bauhaus and in Abstract Expressionism p. 245 Before the Bauhaus p. 246 Red p. 12 The Bauhaus idea p. 248 Bauhaus terminology p. 249 Color use activity 7.1 p. 251 The "Basic Course" p. 252 Itten's color wheel p. 253 Ostwald p. 256 Klee p. 258 The dadaist counter-narrative p. 261 The surrealist counter-narrative p. 261 Color use activity 7.2 p. 264 Environment and trade p. 12 Early modern color use p. 265 Migration to the US p. 270 Black Mountain College p. 270 Albers p. 271 Color use activity 7.3 p. 273 Interaction of color p. 275 Hofmann p. 276 Pollock p. 278 Greenberg p. 282 Color use activity 7.4 p. 284 Mandalas p. 17 Photography and color p. 285 Architecture and color p. 287 High modern color theory p. 289 Conclusion p. 289 Postmodern: Contemporary Directions in Color Use p. 293 Benjamin and color in the age of mechanical reproduction p. 294 Ludwig Wittgenstein p. 296 Wittgenstein on color p. 297 Language and color p. 299 Color science in the age of color standardization p. 302 Race, gender, and class p. 20 Chirimuuta p. 307 Color and information p. 310 Color use through the turn of the millennium p. 312 Color in the age of information p. 317 Color use activity 8.1 p. 318 Postmodernism and post-formal color p. 319 Conceptualism in postmodern art: pop and feminist art p. 322 Contemporary exploration of color as racial signifier p. 327 Contemporary exploration of color science and technology p. 329 Vexillogical color p. 333 Color use activity 1.1 p. 21 Color use activity 8.2 p. 334 The modernist stance among diverse perspectives p. 334 Approaches to color use p. 335 Commencement p. 340 Glossary p. 343 Index p. 351 Other colors-color as substance p. 23 Berlin and Kay, and the absence of blue p. 24 Ancient Egyptian color p. 26 Esoteric color and the decline of the senses p. 28 Acknowledgments p. xiv Color use activity 1.2 p. 30 Conclusion p. 31 Knowing at a Distance: Color Problems in Ancient Greek Thought p. 35 Introduction p. 36 General notes on color in ancient Greek philosophy p. 37 Attitudes to color in ancient Greek culture p. 38 Pre-Socratic philosophy, a brief overview p. 39 Is/Becomes p. 40 The opposites p. 41 Color use activity 2.1 p. 43 Introduction: Color in Context-Pink is Primary p. 1 The achromatic imagination p. 44 The invalidity of the senses p. 46 Ancient Greek epistemology p. 46 Optics p. 48 Conclusions about Pre-Socratic color theory p. 49 Color use activity 2.2 p. 50 Socrates and the Sophists p. 52 Plato p. 53 Aristotle p. 55 Color use in Greek art p. 57 Color activities p. 3 Color use activity 2.3 p. 65 Alternative narratives about Greek culture p. 65 Conclusion p. 67 Stained Glass and Illuminations: European and Islamic Color Theory Before Galileo p. 71 Differing color needs, differing color applications p. 72 The Byzantine period p. 73 Iconoclasts and iconophiles p. 73 Color use in Byzantine art p. 75 Color use activity 3.1 p. 78 Islam p. 79 Of paradigm shifts p. 3 Color in Islamic art and architecture p. 81 Medieval color theory p. 88 Color use in medieval art p. 91 Color use activity 3.2 p. 96 Renaissance color theory p. 97 Alberti p. 98 Vasari p. 100 Color in Renaissance art p. 101 Color use activity 3.3 p. 109 Leonardo p. 110 Critical principles p. 4 Conclusion p. 114 Prisms, Mirrors, and Lenses: The Newtonian Revolution p. 117 The scientific revolution p. 117 Galileo on color p. 121 Rationalism p. 122 Empiricism p. 123 Newton's Opticks p. 124 Color use activity 4.1 p. 128 Cultural impact of Newton's Opticks p. 129 British empiricism after Locke p. 130 What is color? p. 5 Color use activity 4.2 p. 133 Color use during the scientific revolution p. 134 Conclusion p. 144 Romanticism and Chromophobia: The Creation of Color Theory in the Nineteenth Century p. 149 Poetry in the Romantic tradition p. 150 Ideologies of the nineteenth century p. 152 Goethe as scientist p. 155 Goethe's Farbenlehre p. 157 Color use activity 5.1 p. 161 The evolution of color models p. 162 Natural Resources and Trade: Color Use in Traditional Cultures p. 7 Color theory in the wake of Goethe p. 167 Color use during the Industrial Revolution p. 173 The invention of photography p. 176 Color use activity 5.2 p. 177 Chromolithography and mass visual culture p. 178 The Crystal Palace and the Grammar of Ornament p. 179 Color use in painting: Romanticism and other alternatives to the academy p. 182 Conclusion p. 190 The Science of the Invisible: Color Classification Systems and Spiritual Color p. 193 Color nomenclature for naturalists p. 194 Faber Birren p. 9 Contending with disciplinary fragmentation p. 198 Early childhood education during the Industrial Revolution p. 199 Smuttynose Island and the origins of the Munsell color system p. 202 The Munsell color sphere and its successors p. 204 Evolving uses of the Munsell color system p. 207 Colorimetry and color forecasting p. 214 Color use activity 6.1 p. 215 Spiritualism and the occult p. 216 Rudolf Steiner p. 218 Steiner on art and color p. 219