Aaron Fine

Color Theory (eBook, PDF)

A Critical Introduction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Going beyond a simple recitation of what has historically been said about color, artist and educator Aaron Fine provides an intellectual history, critiquing prevailing Western ideas on the subject and challenging assumptions. He analyses colonialist and gendered attitudes, materialist and romanticist perspectives, spiritualist approaches to color, color in the age of reproduction, and modernist and post-modernist color strategies. Highlighted throughout are examples of the ways in which attitudes towards color have been impacted by the legacy of colonialism and are tied up with race, gender, and class.

Topics covered include color models, wheels and charts, color interaction and theories of perception, with over 150 images throughout. By placing under-examined tenets of color theory such as the color wheel and color primaries within the Western industrial context that generated them, Fine helps you to connect color choices to color meanings and apply theory to practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350027268
• Artikelnr.: 61849275

Autorenporträt

Aaron Fine is Professor of Art, and Chair, at Truman State University, USA, where he teaches drawing, painting, and history of design - among other topics. He has 10 solo exhibitions and over 50 group exhibitions on his CV and 20 years experience teaching in art and interdisciplinary studies at the college level. He received an MFA in Painting from Claremont Graduate University, USA. He is the author of the mixed genre creative nonfiction book Dialogues on Color (2017).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Images Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Natural Resources and
Trade: Color Use in Traditional Cultures 2. Knowing at a Distance: Color
Problems in Ancient Greek Thought 3. Stained Glass and Illuminations:
European and Islamic Color Theory before Galileo 4. Prisms, Mirrors, and
Lenses: The Newtonian Revolution 5. Romanticism and Chromophobia: The
Creation of Color Theory in the 19th Century 6. The Science of the
Invisible: Color Classification Systems and Spiritual Color 7. High Modern:
Color Use at the Bauhaus and in Abstract Expressionism 8. Postmodern:
Contemporary Directions in Color Use Glossary About the Author