Colors Of Fauve Paintings

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Final project for CG11 class at Brown University. For more design work: http://www.gbaidesign.com

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Fauve colors

a presentation for CG11by Ginmann Bai

01 The Road to Fauvism

01 The Road to Fauvism

before Fauvism, there was

and

01 The Road to Fauvism

Les fauves – The Wild Beasts (French)

01 The Road to Fauvism

…Donatello au milieu des fauves!-Louis Vauxcelles, critic

A pot of paint has been flung in the face of the public- Camille Mauclair, critic

01 The Road to Fauvism

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Impressionism

1863 1886

Neo-Impressionism, Pointillism

1887 1894

Fauvism

1905 1907

01 The Road to Fauvism

02 Science of Color

shape, texture, location

02 Science of Color

are inherent

color is not

02 Science of Color

subtractive mixing

* explains the colors that arise from mixing paints

02 Science of Color

additive mixing

* explains the colors that arisefrom mixing light

02 Science of Color

Wavelength (nm)

Nor

mal

ized

Abs

orba

nce

02 Science of Color

03 Color Theory

03 Color Theory

3 dimensions

Hue

redviolet

03 Color Theory

Saturation

vivid pale

03 Color Theory

Brightness

black white

03 Color Theory

color effects

03 Color Theory

simultaneous color contrast

03 Color Theory

color induction

03 Color Theory

analogous colors

03 Color Theory

04 Fauve Colors

Instead of trying to render what I see before me, I usecolor in a completely arbitrary way to express myselfpowerfully

- Vincent Van Gogh

04 Fauve Colors

analogous colors

simultaneous contrast

If upon a white canvas I set down some sensations of blue, of green, of red, each new stroke diminishes the importance of the preceding ones...It is necessary that the various marks I

use be balanced so that they do not destroy each other

- Henri Matisse

04 Fauve Colors

mixed technique

04 Fauve Colors

Divisionist application of separated bars

Impressionist application of smaller dots

areas of flatly applied color

A rapid rendering of a landscape represents only onemoment of its existence. I prefer, by insisting upon itsessential character, to risk losing charm in order toobtain greater stability.

- Henri Matisse

04 Fauve Colors

conclusions

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