Interaction of Color: 50th Anniversary Edition [Albers, Josef, Weber, Nicholas Fox] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Interaction of Color: 50th Anniversary Edition Review: THE book to get to learn how colors interact when seen with the human eye-brain system. - Josef Albers was first a student, then an instructor, and finally a professor at the famous Bauhaus school of art and design in pre-war Germany. When the Nazis forced the closure of the Bauhaus in 1933, Albers emigrated to the United States where he was made head of the Black Mountain College School of Art, in North Carolina. He later joined the design faculty at Yale University. All along the way, Albers sought to extend and deepen his understanding of how people perceive color, both to use it in his own work and to teach art students about how color juxtapositions interact with human vision. With this book, he lays it all out with a set of exercises using high-quality reproductions of relatively simple color paper compositions to illustrate the effects of color interaction. The color plates are of sufficiently high quality to work quite well for anyone with normal vision. Even people with colorblindness can probably benefit from most of the illustrations and surely from Albers' lucid descriptions of the effects. What you learn will likely be useful in your work no matter whether you are a painter, printmaker, worker in stained glass, or an interior decorator. Note that this book is NOT about teaching artistic composition or technique. It is laser-focused on its subject matter -- the optical effects of color interaction. You will find no better book for this, although I would also highly recommend "The Elements of Color" by Johannes Itten (who was one of Albers' teachers and colleagues in the Bauhaus) as a fine complement to Albers' book. Get them both! There are more expensive editions of this book available, but this 50th anniversary softbound edition, which should be well within the budgets of most art students, is more than adequate for learning how colors interact. Review: Clear learning about color - This book was purchased for a friend. I have the edition that was sold 50 years ago. The exercises are not so easy. Though color paper is recommended I learned a lot by mixing paint. Helpful and valuable discoveries through it. .., and a great gift.
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B**Y
THE book to get to learn how colors interact when seen with the human eye-brain system.
Josef Albers was first a student, then an instructor, and finally a professor at the famous Bauhaus school of art and design in pre-war Germany. When the Nazis forced the closure of the Bauhaus in 1933, Albers emigrated to the United States where he was made head of the Black Mountain College School of Art, in North Carolina. He later joined the design faculty at Yale University. All along the way, Albers sought to extend and deepen his understanding of how people perceive color, both to use it in his own work and to teach art students about how color juxtapositions interact with human vision. With this book, he lays it all out with a set of exercises using high-quality reproductions of relatively simple color paper compositions to illustrate the effects of color interaction. The color plates are of sufficiently high quality to work quite well for anyone with normal vision. Even people with colorblindness can probably benefit from most of the illustrations and surely from Albers' lucid descriptions of the effects. What you learn will likely be useful in your work no matter whether you are a painter, printmaker, worker in stained glass, or an interior decorator. Note that this book is NOT about teaching artistic composition or technique. It is laser-focused on its subject matter -- the optical effects of color interaction. You will find no better book for this, although I would also highly recommend "The Elements of Color" by Johannes Itten (who was one of Albers' teachers and colleagues in the Bauhaus) as a fine complement to Albers' book. Get them both! There are more expensive editions of this book available, but this 50th anniversary softbound edition, which should be well within the budgets of most art students, is more than adequate for learning how colors interact.
A**L
Clear learning about color
This book was purchased for a friend. I have the edition that was sold 50 years ago. The exercises are not so easy. Though color paper is recommended I learned a lot by mixing paint. Helpful and valuable discoveries through it. .., and a great gift.
S**O
Gran libro para aprender a combinar colores
Perfecto para aprender combinación de colores y muy bien impreso.
M**E
This is very informative!!
this book is so easy to understand. It helps you know how to use colors.
A**.
A useful classic reference for artists and photographers working with color combinations
This is a wonderful, classic book, but... to be honest, even though I've been a lifelong fan of artists like Albers, etc., this book bored me. I've kept it as a reference for the great illustrations in it, but the text...? Meh. It's worth owning, to have quick visual references to color interactions. But the text...? You may love it; I didn't.
R**N
Good quality
As good as a new book!
C**R
Excellent Book about Color Interaction with Visual Illustrations
I've always appreciated the color theory book by Johannes Itten. "Interaction of Color" is exciting in a similar way. Both books examine aspects and interaction of color through discussion, commentary as well as visual examples. Any artist, designer or person working with color will find this book to be of use. A greater understanding of the relationships between colors allows a person to integrate it into their work. The quality of printing is critical in this type of book as colors created by ink and the ensuing relationships must be consistent for the experiments to work. This book achieves this.
D**T
A great resource for artists
This book was a gift. The synopsis made me think the book would help her understand color theory and lead her to experiment more with her paints. She loves it.
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