LIGHT & COLOR

Fig. 118 The Dan Flavin Art Institute
Plays with idea on how we experience color and light
Pink & yellow combine
How we perceive color inside space
Fig. 119 also

Fig. 120 Leonardo da Vinci- Madonna on the Rocks
Uses atmospheric perspective
Clarity precision and contrast between light and dark dominates foreground
Three distant rock formations are different colors so we can place them spacially

Fig. 121 J.M.W. Turner Rain, Steam and Speed
Used atmospheric perspective
Talks about Industrial Revolution

COLOR AND MEANING

Fig. 133 Nikolai Buglaj Racing Sideways
13 racers all tied in lead skin changes from white to black from left to white as their uniforms change from black to white color value scale but also cultural value scale all runners running at same space but not getting ahead, this is show theres no progress in racial acceptance * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Fig. 134 Ben Jones Black Fance and Arm
Life size plaster casts, acrylic paint on them
Blackness is presence of all color, explores own cultural heritage

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Fig. 136 Cai Guo Transient Rainbow
Multi-color peonies fitted with computer chips
300x600 feet circle is the symbol of the universe for the Chinese brings up ideas of fergility and things changing quickly

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Spectrum & color wheel

Fig. 139 Color mixtures of reflected pigment
Mix light means additive process
Mix color means subtractive process

Fig. 143 Jane Hammond Fallen
Primarily warm colors
Symbolic work to the war
Analogous colors
Not real leaves, printed out and sewn together

Chiaroscuro- subtle contrast of light & shadow

Fig 122 Paul Colin Figure of a Woman
Prime example of chiaroscuro
Harlem Renaissance

Local/true color- actual