Artists & Teachers
Many artists and educators have made significant contributions to color theory, exploring the relationship between color and form. Their development of color schemes and systems remains highly influential and relevant today. The books below represent painters, fashion designers, and other creators, highlighting their thoughts and contributions to color theory.
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Artists
Ad Reinhardt and Color by
Exploring Ad Reinhardt’s influences and his obsession with color, this catalogue displays images of Reinhardt’s works in both color and black and white. The color images demonstrate the subtle modulations of hue that are typical of Reinhardt’s work. The catalogue also provides a selected bibliography and a list of selected exhibitions.
Call Number: 3-MCX R355 80-2905ISBN: 0892070226Publication Date: 1980-01-01
An artist talks about color by
Joseph Cummings Chase (1878-1965), was the official portrait painter of six presidents, back-stage sketcher of the performing artists, illustrator of children's books and fiction, caricaturist for newspapers and periodicals, lecturer, teacher, and author of nine books.
Call Number: MBM (Chase, J. C. Artist talks about color)Publication Date: 1930
Color Creates Light: studies with Hans Hofmann by
From how Hofmann taught to what he taught, artists talk shop about the inner workings of the visual language, required reading for those engaged in creative composition, whether visual, verbal, musical, architectural, cinematic, or choreographic.
Call Number: JQF 11-2289ISBN: 9780986651106Publication Date: 2011-02-20
Colour by
Writings on color from modernism to the present, by writers from Baudelaire to Baudrillard, surveying art from Paul Gauguin to Rachel Whiteread. This chronology of writings from Baudelaire to Baudrillard traces how artists have affirmed color as a space of pure sensation, embraced it as a tool of revolution or denounced it as decorative and even decadent.
Call Number: JQD 08-753ISBN: 9780262524810Publication Date: 2008-03-14
Colour after Klein: re-thinking colour in modern and contemporary art by
Colour After Klein explores the use of color in the work of 20 of the most influential contemporary artists. Through essays, artists profiles and personal writings by famous artists, this book provides new perspectives on the emotional, conceptual and aesthetic significance of color.
Call Number: JQZ 12-2327ISBN: 1904772250Publication Date: 2005-09-01
Henri Matisse by
Offers an in-depth survey of this important subject in Matisse's work, through which he developed and continually explored his rich and imaginative repertoire of forms and colors.
Call Number: JQZ 13-1103ISBN: 9783775716017Publication Date: 2006-02-01
Mondrian and His Studios: Colour in Space by
The enduring relevance of Dutch-born artist Piet Mondrian speaks to his pioneering role in abstract art, but also to the complex relationship between his artworks, the space around them, and the belief that they were conceived to inspire.
Call Number: JQE 15-42ISBN: 9781849762656Publication Date: 2015-05-05
The New Art of Color: the writings of Robert and Sonia Delaunay by
The abstract and graphic artwork of Sonia Delauney, known for color and movement in her varied works for the theater, fashion, textiles.
Call Number: ND553 D374 D373ISBN: 0670506362Publication Date: 1978-11-14
Bauhaus & Teachers
The art of color: the subjective experience and objective rationale of color by
In this book, the world's foremost color theorist examines two different approaches to understanding the art of color. Subjective feelings and objective color principles are described in detail and clarified by color reproductions.
Call Number: MBM+ (Itten, J. Art of color)Publication Date: 1961
Concerning the Spiritual in Art by
Pioneering work by the great modernist painter, considered by many to be the father of abstract art and a leader in the movement to free art from traditional bonds. Kandinsky's provocative thoughts on color theory and the nature of art.
Call Number: 3-MCZ K16 78-82ISBN: 0486234118Publication Date: 1977-06-01
Design and Form: the basic course at the Bauhaus and later by
Here for the first time is a complete description of one of the landmarks of modern art education - the famous Basic Course at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany - written by the teacher who organized it at the invitation of Walter Gropius in 1919. The Basic Course was used as a trial period to judge the students with varying educational backgrounds who arrived from all parts of the country.
Call Number: 3-MAT 77-851ISBN: 0442240449Publication Date: 1975-12-01
The Elements of Color: a treatise on the color system of Johannes Itten by
A useful simplification and condensation of Johannes ltten's major work. The Art of Color, this book covers subjective feeling and objective color principles in detail. It presents the key to understanding color in ltten's color circle and color contrasts.
Call Number: JQZ 12-4690ISBN: 0471289299Publication Date: 1970-02-14
Josef Albers by
Beginning with Albers's time at the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau, the publication follows the artist to America and describes major themes of his work there as well as the importance of his frequent travels to Mexico. Including a comprehensive biography, the book demonstrates how he transformed modern design by using line, color, surface, and space to challenge the perception of the viewer.
Call Number: JQG 18-1143ISBN: 9780300240832Publication Date: 2018-09-25
Kandinsky's Teaching at the Bauhaus by
Discusses the art courses Kandinsky taught at the Bauhaus from 1922 to 1933, explains his theories of color, contrast, and spatial relationships, and shows a selection of analytical drawings and watercolors.
Call Number: *R-ART ND1489 .P6313 1986ISBN: 0847807800Publication Date: 1986
Tagebuch von Johannes Itten by
Johannes Itten worked as a teacher and artistic director at the Bauhaus from 1919 to 1923. There he further developed his theory of form and design, which he taught in art classes at his school using his own didactic methods.
Call Number: MLC++ (Itten, J. Tagebuch)Publication Date: 1930
