

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.
| Best Sellers Rank | #7,587 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2 in Graphic Design Color Use #16 in Design & Decorative Arts |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (2,260) |
| Dimensions | 6 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches |
| Edition | 50th Anniversary |
| ISBN-10 | 0300179359 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0300179354 |
| Item Weight | 1.1 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 208 pages |
| Publication date | June 28, 2013 |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Reading age | 18 years and up |
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
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.
A**A
Purrrfect! Semplicemente interessante.
E**Z
Josef Albers’ “Interaction of Color. 50th Anniversary Edition” ist 2013 bei der Yale University Press in New Heaven und London erschienen. Das Buch ist eigentlich als Vorlage für den Kunstunterricht gedacht. In 25 Lektionen entwickelt Albers eine experimentelle Phänomenologie der Farbe. Richtig wertschätzen wird man die Schrift erst dann können, wenn man die darin beschriebenen Experimente selbst nachvollzieht. Zentrale Erkenntnis dieses Buches: keine Farbe steht für sich allein und keine Farbe erscheint so, wie sie physikalisch ist. Farben sind demnach Erscheinungen, das heißt Phänomene im wörtlichen Sinne. Sie sind so, wie sie sich zeigen. Albers These: „Color is the most relative medium in art.” (Seite 8) Das bedeutet sie zeigen sich immer nur in bestimmten Verhältnissen, sie existieren nicht an und für sich sondern immer in einem bestimmten farbigen, das heißt optischen Kontext. Musikalisch gesehen, sind Farben immer nur als Farb-Akkorde, das sind Klänge verschiedener Farben gemeinsam zu haben. Demnach erscheinen Farben immer nur in Gestalten, das heißt Zusammenhängen sich gegenseitig bedingender Elemente, wie etwa eine Melodie mehr ist als die Summe der Töne, die sie bilden. Die Musik ist eine Erfahrung in der Zeit, die sich aus der Gleichzeitigkeit und dem Nacheinander von Tönen ergibt. Farben dagegen – so Albers – sind ein Ereignis im Raum. Sie sind dabei im Vergleich zu Tönen weniger klar auszumachen. Es gibt kein Analogon zum absoluten Gehör im Bereich der Farbe. Da das Spiel der Farben unendlich komplex ist und sich aus vielen verschiedenen Spannungsbögen zusammensetzt, muss Albers den klassischen Versuchen einer Harmonielehre der Farbe eine Absage erteilen. „Again: knowledge and ist application is not our aim; instead, it is flexible imagination, discovery, invention – taste.“ (Seite 43) Er beschränkt sich darauf einige der grundlegenden Eigenschaften der Farberscheinung herauszuarbeiten. Es gibt zwar „Regeln“ für das komplexe Zusammenspiel der Farben, aber keine „Rezepte“ für dessen Gelingen. So beispielsweise das Weber-Fechner-Gesetz der Farbmischung: die linear gleichmäßige visuelle Erscheinung der Abdunkelung eines Farbtons setzt ein geometrisches (heißt: quadratisches 2,4,8…) Mischungsverhältnis voraus. Solche Regeln gelten selbstverständlich immer, sagen aber wenig über ihre mögliche Anwendbarkeit aus. Weiteres wesentliches Moment der Farberscheinung, das Albers herausstreicht, ist ihr synästhetischer Charakter. Farben regen in ihrer Wahrnehmung die Spannungspole anderer Sinnesbereiche an. Wir erfahren das Spektrum der Farberscheinungen als leicht oder schwer, warm oder kalt, trocken oder feucht, rau oder glatt. Daraus ergeben sich, aufgrund der Räumlichkeit der Farberfahrungen, präpositionale Verhältnisse. Farben treten hervor oder zurück, sinken oder steigen, es gibt ein Hinein und ein Heraus. Die Farbe ergreift uns gewissermaßen mit allen Sinnen. Josef Albers‘ „Interaction of Colors“ ist eine kurze, prägnante Einführung in das Thema der Farbe. Das Buch ist in seinen Aussagen zurückhaltend, dafür aber in seinen experimentellen Vorschlägen inspirierend. Ich sehe „Interaction of Color“ auf einer Ebene mit den Arbeiten von Kandinsky und Itten zum selben Thema.
E**N
Aan dit zeer theoretische boek heb je niets als je praktische informatie zoekt. Uiterst saai.
D**D
Para aquellos que no podemos adquirir el libro original con todas las hojas interactivas, esta es una excelente alternativa. Las hojas y la impresion es de excelente calidad. Toda la informacion del color esta contenida mas como un manual que como un libro de teoria, no esperes capitulos tradicionales y cosas asi, recuerda que este libro fue originalmente concebido como un libro interactivo en el que se mostraban "experimentos" de color con telas o papel para poder ver como interactuan unos con otros, con instrucciones de como hacerlo y un poco de explicacion del por que sucede lo que sucede. Sin embargo no es un libro de teoria, esta lleno de imagenes para ejemplificar la interaccion del color, instrucciones y pequeñas explicaciones sin analisis a fondo.
C**I
Muito bom
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