Nicholas Van-Orton
Color as a Generative Principle
In the Work of Sonia Delaunay
The Book
A scholarly study tracing the development of colour from physical phenomenon and perception toward an autonomous organising principle.
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The Book
Colour is simultaneously a physical phenomenon, a perceptual experience, a means of artistic expression, and a form of technological information.
This book follows the historical development through which colour gradually became an autonomous organising principle.
From scientific colour theory and modern painting to textile design, digital imaging and generative art, the study follows a continuous structural logic.