Publisher's Synopsis
This book illustrates ten of the most common practices of color harmony applied by artists both historical and modern. Each of the ten pathways appears frequently in art, often as the dominant theme uniquely identified with a particular artist.
Color harmony is part of the unique visual language of art better understood by feeling than by thinking. We do not always have a name for what we see, and we do not always agree on the description of a color experience. There is no one truth about color but instead many possible ways manifested in the individual expressions of artists. The art of Georgia O'Keeffe, for example, is profoundly different from that of Rembrandt, and yet each has undeniable characteristics of authenticity in the use of color.
There are 232 works by 87 artists illustrated in this book represented by more than 100 museums, galleries, and private collections. Individual commentaries give presence to the artists through descriptions of their work to reveal their methods and sometimes indescribable color experiences.
