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Author
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From the various shades of pink used by artists to describe the blush of Madame de Pompadour's cheeks to Helen Frankenthaler's orange color fields to Prince's concert costumes, Color Scheme is a collection of palettes that reveal new ways of thinking about larger arcs in visual culture."--
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"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"--
Author
Publisher
Quadrille, an imprint of Hardie Grant Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Marbling will show you how to create and transfer patterned inks onto paper and fabric while inspiring you to live more a more colorful life. Throughout the book, Zeena Shah will help you to discover your own eye for color and show you how it can be applied when marbling. Color is intrinsically linked to our mood, and this book will explore what color evokes and how this can be translated into your craft. All you need is some inks and paper to start....
Author
Publisher
Monacelli Studio
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From Todd M. Casey, acclaimed artist and expert teacher, The Oil Painter’s Color Handbook: A Contemporary Guide to color Mixing, Pigments, Palettes, and Harmony provides everything the oil painter needs to understand all aspects of color and empowers the reader to paint with confidence. As Casey notes, every artist and artist-in-training must learn how to “master the main concepts of picture-making: drawing, light, shadow, value, form, composition,...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This expansive study of color illuminates the substance, context, and meaning of five centuries of European painting. Between the mid-15th and the mid-19th centuries, the materials of painting remained remarkably unchanged, but innovations in their use flourished. Technical discoveries facilitated new visual effects, political conditions prompted innovations, and economic changes shaped artists' strategies, especially as trade became global. Marcia...
Publisher
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Since the earliest myths of the sculptor Pygmalion bringing a statue to life through desire, artists have explored the boundaries between sculpture and the physical materiality of the body. This groundbreaking volume examines key sculptural works from 13th-century Europe to the global present, revealing new insights into the strategies artists deploy to blur the distinction between art and life. Sculpture, which has historically taken the human figure...
Author
Series
First concepts in Mexican folk art volume 3
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Ceramic animal figurines, fashioned by Mexican artists, demonstrate different colors, which are identified in both English and Spanish.
Publisher
Prestel
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the work of Realist painters such as Gustave Courbet and Francois Bonvin, Henri-Edmond Cross's earliest paintings were compositions in dark, somber colors. Following his involvement with the avant-gardist circle around Georges Seurat, he gradually adopted the Neo-Impressionist technique and began to develop a unique visual vocabulary. After his move to the Mediterranean coast in 1891, Cross's palette became increasingly lighter, resulting...
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