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ES.298

Art of Color

Undergraduate · Historical course

Spring 2005

This seminar introduces, through studio projects, the basic principles regarding the use of color in the visual arts. Students explore a range of topics, including the historical uses of color in the arts, the interactions between colors, and the psychology of color.

Readings

  • Itten, Johannes. The Art of Color . Translated by Ernst van Haagen. Wiley; Revised edition, 1997. ISBN: 9780471289289.
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  • Nordland, Gerald. Richard Diebenkorn . New York, NY: Rizzoli, 2001. ISBN: 9780847823482.
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  • Adriani, Götz. Cezanne Paintings . Translated by Russell Stockman. New York, NY: Harry N Abrams, 1995. ISBN: 9780810940260.
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  • Haftmann, Werner. Emil Nolde . Translated by Norbert Guterman. Koln, Germany: M. DuMont, Schauberg, 1958.
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  • Cowart, Jack. Henri Matisse: The Early Years in Nice, 1916-1930 . New York, NY: H.N. Abrams, 1986. ISBN: 9780894680977.
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  • Alviani, Getulio, Nicholas Fox Weber, and Friedrich W. Heckmanns, eds. Josef Albers . Milano, Italy: L’Arcaedizioni, 1988. ISBN: 8878380016.
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  • Hobbs, Robert Carleton. Milton Avery . Introduction by Hilton Kramer. New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780933920958.
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  • Matisse, Henri. The Last Works of Henri Matisse, 1950-1954 . Texts by Pierre Reverdy and Georges Duthuit. Paris, Verve, 1958.
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  • Tanaka, Ikko, Kazuko Koike, and Mitsukuni Yoshida, eds. Japan Color . San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1983. ISBN: 9780877013051.
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  • Klee, Paul. Notebooks . Edited by Jurg Spiller. Translated by Ralph Manheim and Heinz Norden. Vol. 1: The Thinking Eye, and Vol. 2: The Nature of Nature. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 1992. ISBN: 0879514663.
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