Art Appreciation Chapter 6 Notes (2012) “Light and Color” atmospheric perspective – objects appear less distinct, blue/gray, cooler, with reduced contrast (blurry or fuzzy) at great distances chiaroscuro – gradual transitions of key (light and dark), or color produces modeling modeling – creates the illusion of 3D form (with light) hatching – cross-hatching – value (or key) – lightness or darkness of a color or picture primary colors – red, yellow, and blue secondary colors – orange, green, and violet intermediate colors – (tertiary) admixture of a primary and a secondary analogous colors – neighbors on the color wheel, they share a color (for instance: analogous colors yellow and green both contain yellow) color temperature – Cool colors look like water. Warm colors look like fire. complementary colors – opposite on the color wheel simultaneous contrast – Complementary colors appear brighter when placed next to each other. polychromatic – many hues (colors) and keys local color – the actual hue as seen with the eye or with a camera (for instance: blue sky, green grass, brown tree trunk, etc.) arbitrary color – no realistic relation to the object (for instance: brown sky, red grass, and purple tree trunk) optical color mixing – dots of pure color next to each other , unmodeled color, see Figs. 147 and 148 (Seurat) look very closely. It is nothing but dots of paint. TVs, computers, and even crossstitch use optical mixing too! SLIDES: Fig. 6-3 da Vinci, Madonna of the Rocks, 1495-1508 Addl. Tintoretto, The Last Supper, 1592-94 Fig. 6-7 Gentileschi, Judith and Her Maidservant…, 1625 Addl. Gifford, October in the Catskills, 1880 Addl. Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886 Fig. 6-36 Chuck Close, Stanley, 1980-81 Addl. Signac, The Windmills at Overschie, 1905 Addl. Matisse, The Dance II, 1910 Addl. Matisse, Red Room (Harmony in Red), 1908-09 Addl. Tony Cragg, Newton’s Tones/New Stones, 1982