Research Catalog

Title

The art of color and design, by Maitland Graves.

Author

Graves, Maitland E., 1902-

Publication

New York, London, McGraw-Hill Book Company, inc., 1941.

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Details

Description

xvi, 292 p. illus. (part col.) diagrs. (part col.); 26 cm.

Subject

• Color in design
• Color
• Design

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• The plan of design study -- The elements of design -- The principles of design -- The forms of elemental relationships -- Harmony -- Types of harmony -- Gradation -- Contrast -- Variety of contrasts or intervals -- Unity -- The Graves Design Judgment Test -- Unity, conflict, dominance -- the fundamental principles of psychobiological and sociological order -- Unity, conflict, dominance -- the fundamental principles of aesthetic order -- Static and dynamic unity -- Unity of idea -- Unity of style or character -- Unity by dominance -- Dominant interval or major contrast -- Dominance and harmony -- Dominance and discord -- Unity and dominance by repetition -- Repetition in the time arts -- The emotional effects of repetition -- Exact repetition in the space arts -- Alternate repetition or alternation -- Varied repetition in the space arts -- Unity and balance -- Analysis of the Graves Design Judgment Test -- The Taste Test -- Analysis of the Taste Test -- Taste --^
• Analysis of the design elements -- Line -- Direction -- Texture -- Proportion -- Surface division -- The golden mean -- Proportion of rectangles -- The design and the picture shape -- Value -- Value keys -- Chiaroscuro and notan -- The naturalistic technique -- Pattern (murals and posters) -- Value organization -- Value rhythm -- The value chords -- D value chords -- The plan of value areas or quantities -- Mixing paint for a value chord -- Mixing a D value chord by eye -- W value chords -- Mixing a W value chord by eye -- Selecting a value chord -- Planning a value pattern -- Color -- The nature of color: the spectrum -- Warm and cool color -- Causes of color sensation -- Physiological -- Pigment -- Influence of colored light on pigment -- Iridescence -- Color stimulus versus color sensation -- Color notation -- Hue -- Value -- Chroma -- The color solid -- Color charts and the color cabinet -- How to make a color cabinet -- Table of maximum chromas -- Color organization --^
• Color rhythm -- The color chords -- D color chords -- The value, chroma, and hue plans -- The plan of color quantities or areas -- Substituting value plans -- Substituting chroma plans -- Rotating the hue plan -- Substituting hue plans -- The D color chart with disks -- The D color chart with slide -- Using the table of maximum chromas in planning color chords -- W color chords -- The W color chart with slide -- Planning a color chord -- Hue plans for the 10-hue circuit -- Monochromatic color chords -- D monochromatic color chords -- Mixing "in between" colors -- D monochrome chroma plans -- W monochromatic color chords -- W monochrome chroma plans -- Procedure in planning a composition -- Optical illusions of color -- The effect of a strong value contrast upon hue and chroma -- Irradiation -- Color refraction -- Color and interior decoration -- Harmonic repetition of hue -- Planning the color scheme of a painting in relation to a room -- Period color schemes -- Psychology of color --^
• Characteristics and symbolism of color -- Color hearing (synesthesia) -- Color music -- Abstract films -- Conclusion -- Glossary.

LCCN

^^^41007094^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library