How to Look at and Understand Great Art

Color—Description, Symbol, and More

S1 • E3    Dec 31, 2010
Uncover the core principles of color in painting, including the distinctions of value and saturation and the relationship of colors as analogous or complementary. See how major works of art achieve their power and meaning through color, as seen in celebrated canvases by Seurat, Gauguin, and Van Gogh.

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Cast of Color—Description, Symbol, and More

  • Sharon Latchaw HirshSelf

 

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