Modern color/modern architecture : Amédée Ozenfant and the genealogy of color in modern architecture / William W. Braham.

Main entry:

Braham, William W., 1957-

Title & Author:

Modern color/modern architecture : Amédée Ozenfant and the genealogy of color in modern architecture / William W. Braham.

Publication:

Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Co., 2002.

Description:

x, 137 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical reference (pages 125-134).
Ozenfant and the genealogy of architectural color -- Education of the eye : Ozenfant, Signac and purple shadows -- Purism and the 'divorce of painting and architecture' -- 'Colour solidity' : the appearance of architecture -- Modern methods (after the divorce) -- Natural, ornamental, symbolic and therapeutic.

Summary:

"Do colors have different spatial and architectural effects? What is the psychological impact of color? Are colors endowed with symbolic meaning? What is a natural color? Those questions have a long contentious history, especially among architects of the modern period. A key figure in that history is Amedee Ozenfant, painter, critic and friend of Le Corbusier, who in the first half of this century founded a school in London where he conducted experiments and wrote about color in architecture. Those experiments have been reconstructed for the book, which also includes reprints of his most important articles on the subject. This book provides a survey of this most contemporary topic that will inspire and inform designers and architects." "This book is a thorough survey of the history and genesis of the most crucial questions concerning the role of architectural color from the nineteenth century to the present day."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

0754607224
9780754607229

Subject:

Ozenfant, Amédée, 1886-1966.
Ozenfant School of Fine Arts.
Color in architecture.
Couleur en architecture.
Interieurkunst.
Kleuren.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Fine art: techniques & materials Architecture Commercial & industrial art & design.

Form/genre:

Quotations (texts)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 224220
Call No.: ND37.O99 B7 2002
Status: Available

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