Color - Softcover

Zelanski, Paul J.; Fisher, Mary Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130984868 ISBN 13: 9780130984869

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2002

Synopsis

This book addresses the subject of color in all media, both fine and applied. It provides an informative introduction to understanding color from the approaches of aesthetics, science, psychology, and history; and includes beautiful illustrations and direct quotes from working artists about their perspectives about color use. The book discusses all facets of color in historic and contemporary paintings, with sections on the psychological and compositional effects of color, theories of color relationships, subtractive notation and light mixtures, color combinations, and color in fine art and applied design. For working artists and employees in the fields of art and design, such as painters, sculptors, crafters, photographers, advertisement creators, cartoonists, commercial designers, computer artists and website designers, architects, landscape designers, interior designers, and clothing designers.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This text provides an introduction to the many different approaches to understanding color, including aesthetics, science, and psychology.

From the Back Cover:

The fourth edition of Color is a valuable introduction to the art and science of color use in all artistic media. It provides a solid and thorough foundation in the aesthetic and practical basics of color, discussed from the artist's point of view, with many quotations from artists past and present on the subtleties of their techniques. Along with an extensive illustration program reflecting examples from fine and applied arts, there is now also a brief epigraph in each chapter.

Key features of the fourth edition:

• 35 exciting new illustrations, ranging from the established masters such as Matisse and Bonnard to contemporary computer graphic artists such as Jan Good and light sculptors such as Peter Erskine.
• New diagrams to illustrate the theory of color constancy, the reflection of light from various surfaces, and the Birren color triangle.
• New topics explored include the Luscher Test, color therapy, virtual reality, and cultural differences in the perception of color.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0130984868
• ISBN 13: 9780130984869
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 176