Main entry:

Graves, Maitland E., 1902- author.

Title & Author:

The art of color and design / by Maitland Graves.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York ; London : McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1941.

Description:

xvi, 292 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
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.

Subject:

Design.
Color.
Color in design.
Couleur.
Couleur en design.
color (perceived attribute)
Cor.
kunst
arts
kleur
colour
kunstnijverheid
crafts
optische eigenschappen
optical properties
eigenschappen
properties
theorie
theory
golflengten
wavelengths
optica
optics
Arts (General)
Kunst (algemeen)

Holdings:

Location: Library main cormier 59126
Call No.: ID PO10069 CORM13; ID:90-B755
Status: Available