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Form and colour in Greek painting / Vincent J. Bruno.
By: Bruno, Vincent J
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BookPublisher: London : Thames and Hudson, c1977Description: 123 p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0393044459.Subject(s): Painting, Greek | Shades and shadows in art | Texture (Art) | Color in artDDC classification: 759.938
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 759.938 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00063826 |
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Bibliography: p. [115]-117. - Includes index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. 11)
- List of Abbreviations (p. 15)
- Introduction (p. 17)
- 1 Shading Methods in Greek Painting (p. 23)
- 2 Zeuxis and Parrhasios: a Controversy on Art (p. 31)
- 3 Symptoms of a Painterly Style: Monochrome in the Art of Zeuxis (p. 41)
- 4 Greek Color Sensitivity (p. 47)
- 5 The Four-Color Palette of the Greeks (p. 53)
- 6 Pliny Versus Cicero: an Apparent Contradiction (p. 61)
- 7 Austere and Florid Colors (p. 67)
- 8 The Exclusion of Blue from the Ancient List of Artists' Primary Colors (p. 73)
- 9 The Use of Blue in Shading (p. 79)
- 10 Color Blending in Plato's Timaeus (p. 89)
- 11 Conclusions: the Dichotomy of Form and Color (p. 95)
- Appendix: The Supports and Media of Classical Painting (p. 105)
- Selected Bibliography (p. 115)
- Index (p. 119)