The Forms of Color: The Interaction of Visual Elements

Gerstner, Karl

ISBN 10: 0262071002 / ISBN 13: 9780262071000

Published by MIT Press, 1986

About this Item

Hardcover with dustjacket, book is in excellent condition, a small red remainder mark on the top outer edge is the only remarkable flaw, the glossy black jacket shows some moderate rubbing to the surface and is otherwise clean and attractive with no other remarkable flaws, a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "Swiss artist Karl Gerstner continues his investigation of the interaction of color and form presented in his earlier book," richly illustrated ;

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Forms of Color: The Interaction of Visual Elements
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262071002
• ISBN 13: 9780262071000
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st American Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science

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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