Color: A Visual History from Newton to Modern Color Matching Guides

Charts color exploration and expression from the 1600s to the present day through painters' tools art ephemera and literatureThroughout history artists scientists and philosophers have attempted to explain and order the visible color spectrum. Color: A Visual History from Newton to Modern Color Matching Guides offers the fascinating history of how color has been recorded explored and understood. Using an extraordinary collection of original color material that includes charts wheels artists' palettes and swatches the book showcases centuries of significant scientific discoveries and artistic exploration. It celebrates the visual quality and beauty of various color theories over time and highlights the creativity of their design and codification. The book showcases everything from fourteenth-century illuminated manuscripts to Moses Harris's The Natural System of Colours (ca. 1769) and from 1814's Werner's Nomenclature of Colours to Paul Klee's color harmonies to highlight the fascinating interactions of science and art. This stunning display of shades tints and tones is an authoritative guide for anyone working in the arts as well as anyone passionate about color in their personal lives homes and surroundings.

Hardcover: 240 pages

Publisher: Smithsonian Books (March 5 2019)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1588346579

ISBN-13: 978-1588346575

Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 1 x 11.1 inches

Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds