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The Pocket Universal Principles of Art
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The Pocket Universal Principles of Art

by John A Parks
December 2017
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
208 pages
3h 39m
English
Rockport Publishers
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015 Color as Light

In the 1870s, a group of French painters dubbed “Impressionists” found a new way to re-create the sensation of light. Up until then, almost all painters had created light by using tonal changes across forms. The Impressionists used small patches of brilliant color, building them into surfaces in which they alternated the color temperature to create a vivid sense of outdoor light.

• Two colors placed close together will give an impression of a third color when seen from a distance.

• Every color in a visual field affects our perception of every other color in the field. Colors are experienced in relation to each other.

• The alternation of color temperature, warm and cool, contributes to the sensation of light.

• It is possible ...

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ISBN: 9781631595431