Color Harmonies (Paper) - Softcover

Garau

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226281965 ISBN 13: 9780226281964

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1993

Synopsis

Because theories of visual perception have traditionally concentrated on form, artists have generally dealt with the problem of color through their own observation and intuition. In Color Harmonies, Augusto Garau systematically investigates the role of both color and form in visual perception and presents an original theory of the aesthetic relations among colors.

Garau, a painter who teaches the psychology of form, pays particular attention to the way colors behave when organized in patterns. His theory of color combination addresses two principal compositional elements: the relations between figure and ground and the phenomenon of transparency.

Garau meticulously analyzes the use of color in paintings by masters such as Cézanne, Picasso, and Matisse to show how his theory applies to actual works of art. Containing many full-color examples, his introduction to the workings of color relations is of great practical use to art historians and critics, artists, interior decorators, fashion and set designers, and anyone who works with color to display information or convey emotions.

"In an area of the psychology of art where reliable guidance is still so hard to come by, [Garau's] well-supported contributions to the theory of color composition ought to be welcomed by practitioners and scholars alike."―from the Foreword by Rudolf Arnheim

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In an area of the psychology of art where reliable guidance is still so hard to come by, Garau's well-supported contributions to the theory of color composition ought to be welcomed by practitioners and scholars alike.Garau meticulously analyzes the use of color paintings by masters such as Cezanne, Picasso, and Matisse to show how his theory applies to actual works of art. Containing many full-color examples, his introduction to the workings of color relations is of great practical use to art historians and critics, artists, interior decorators, fashion and set designers, and anyone who works with color to display information or convey emotions.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226281965
• ISBN 13: 9780226281964
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100