The Forms of Color: The Interaction of Visual Elements (English and German Edition)

Gerstner, Karl

ISBN 10: 0262071002 / ISBN 13: 9780262071000

Published by MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1986

About this Item

Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Very Good. MIT, Cambridge, MA 1986. First Edition. 1st Printing. 160 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Art::Art History Science/Nature::Physics 0436.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Forms of Color: The Interaction of Visual Elements (English and German Edition)
• Publisher: MIT, Cambridge, MA
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262071002
• ISBN 13: 9780262071000
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition. 1st Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Discusses the interaction of color and form, describes form systems, and looks at various kinds of geometry and color signs

Review

""Gerstner has found a system of simple and symmetrical geometric shapes that can be continuously transformed from one to another so that each colour can be given its own distinct shape ... Some of his resulting artwork can be seen via the exceptionally good reproductions in [the] book, which I recommend to any artists engaged in thinking systematically about colour. Karl Gerstner is above all, a visual combinator. Rather than pursuing solutions to specific problems, he is seeking a general program valid for many solutions: a systematic approach for analyzing in design terms the conceptual and emotional aspects of form and color."--Emilio Ambasz