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Color theory : a critical introduction
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Title
Color theory : a critical introduction / Aaron Fine.
ISBN
9781350027305
1350027308
9781350027275
1350027278
9781350027282
9781350027268
Publication
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2022.
Physical Description
xiv, 356 pages : illustrations (color) ; 25 cm
Summary
"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.
Other formats
Online version: Fine, Aaron, 1971- Color theory London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 25, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
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