Titolo: Colours of Art: The Story of Art in 80 Palettes
Editore: Frances Lincoln, 2022
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Colors of Art takes the reader on a journey through history via 80 carefully curated artworks and their palettes. For these pieces, color is not only a tool (like a paintbrush or a canvas) but the fundamental secret to their success.
Color allows artists to tell stories, express their individuality, evoke certain moods, and portray positive or negative subliminal messages. And throughout history the greatest of artists have experimented with new pigments and new technologies to lead movements and deliver masterpieces. They have packet their pigments with social, political and religious references.
But, as something so cardinal, we sometimes forget how poignant color palettes can be, and how much they can tell us.
From the earth to semiprecious stones and crushed insects, this book explores the unexpected materials used to create pigments and the lengths to which artists have gone to obtain them. And the way of 80 great artworks, from cave paintings to contemporary masterpieces, it navigates turning points both big and small – inviting you to look at familiar and lesser-known works thought a vibrant new lens.
When Vermeer painted The Milkmaid, the amount of ultramarine he could use was written in the contract. How did that affect how he used it? When Turner experimented with Indian Yellow, he captured roaring flames that brought his paintings to life. If he had used a more ordinary yellow, would he have created something so extraordinary? And how did Warhol throw away the rulebook to change what color could achieve?
Structured chronologically, Colors of Art provides a fun, intelligent, and visually engaging look at the greatest artistic palettes in art history – from Rafael’s use of perspective and Vermeer’s ultramarine, to Andy Warhol’s hot pinks, and Lisa Brice’s blue women.
Colors of Art offers a refreshing take on the subject and acts as a primer for artists, designers, and art lovers who want to look at art history from a different perspective.
Recensioni:
"Five Stars...The stunning reproductions of paintings by Manet, Caravaggio, Warhol, Delaunay, Botticelli, and the other noted artists, along with the palette of colors used in their works, will capture the eye and stir the emotions. Follow the evolution of art through the manipulation of color in this entrancing history of the changing palette."―Portland Book Review