Paul Signac and color in neo-impressionism
By: by Floyd Ratliff ; including the first English edition of From Eugène Delacroix to neo-impressionism by Paul Signac ; translated from the third French edition (H. Floury, Paris, 1921) by Willa Silverman.
Contributors: Signac, Paul, 1863-1935.
Publisher: Rockefeller University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: [New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Signac, Paul, 1863-1935 -- Philosophy; Neo-impressionism (Art); Color in art; Art, Modern -- 19th century
Description: Paul Signac and Color in Neo-Impressionism is a groundbreaking examination of the artistic technique of "divisionism" in terms of modern scientific theory of color. Truly interdisciplinary in his approach, Floyd Ratliff treats the evolution of both color theory and artistic practice in an integrated way. Signac was the principal advocate for the new movement launched by Georges Seurat in the 1880s. The book is handsomely illustrated with both Neo-Impressionist paintings and scientific drawings and diagrams. Ratliff's five-part essay provides an extended introduction to a translation of Signac's monograph, From Eugene Delacroix to Neo-Impressionism, widely regarded as the basic document of the movement, but never before available in English. This will be an invaluable reference for scholars in art and design, as well as students of the psychology and neurophysiology of color vision and those interested in the relation between the arts and the sciences. Its clarity of style also makes it accessible to the general reader interested in art history, painting, or the perception of color, particularly with its glossary of technical and art terms, index, and bibliography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-291) and index.
Includes translation of: D'Eugène Delacroix au néo-impressionisme.