| Description |
155 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 31 x 32 cm |
| Contents |
Color physics -- Color agent and color effect -- Concord of colors -- Subjective timbre -- Theory of color design -- The seven color contrasts: hue, light-dark, cold-warm, complementary, simultaneous, saturation, extension -- Color mixing -- The color sphere -- Color harmony and variations -- Form and color -- Spatial effect of colors -- Theory of color impression -- Theory of color expression -- Composition |
| Summary |
In this book Itten examines two different approaches to understanding the art of colour. Subjective feelings and objective colour principles are the two poles which are described in detail and clarified with numerous colour reproductions |
| Notes |
"A VNR book." |
| Bibliography |
"Sources of paintings, photographs, and reproductions"--pages 154-155 |
| Subject |
Aesthetics.
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Color in art.
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Color -- Psychological aspects.
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Color.
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Colors -- Psychological aspects.
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Colors.
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Painting -- Technique.
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| Author |
Hagen, Ernst van
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| LC no. |
61011190 |
| ISBN |
0471289280 |
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