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A Sense of Illumination. Remarks on a New Approach to Color Expression
Author(s) -
Birren Faber
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
color research and application
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1520-6378
pISSN - 0361-2317
DOI - 10.1002/col.5080020203
Subject(s) - expression (computer science) , the renaissance , perception , art , aesthetics , cognitive science , computer science , psychology , visual arts , artificial intelligence , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , art history , programming language
Color in art is traced from the Renaissance to the present. Much in the past has been taken from nature, with emphasis on optical effects involving visual appearances. Principles based on modern studies of perception offer new incentives to the artist, and new modes of expression in which brain reactions supplement visual ones.