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Title:

Dimensional color

Personal Author:

Swirnoff, Lois

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

New York : W.W. Norton, 2003

ISBN:

9780393731026

Subject Term:

Color -- Psychological aspects

Color in architecture

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To the basic grammar of color and form presented in the first edition of Dimensional Color , Lois Swirnoff adds a chapter on color structure and expands one on color and light.

Exploring the interaction between light, color, and surfaces, the book provides an invaluable tool for the teaching and practice of color in architecture and design.

Author Notes

Lois Swirnoff is Feltman Chair at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art in New York.

Preface to the Second Edition	p. ix
Foreword	p. x
Preface to the First Edition	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Chapter 1 Architecture and the Significance of the Surface	p. 5
The Work of Sussman/Prejza & Company	p. 15
Chapter 2 Dimensional Color: Theoretical Background	p. 17
A Theory of Form	p. 17
The Paradox of Color	p. 22
Color Constancy	p. 23
Physiological Optics	p. 25
Color Systems	p. 27
Dimensional Color	p. 29
Chapter 3 Color-Space and Time	p. 35
The Experiments: The Window Problem	p. 36
Single Colors	p. 37
Two Colors	p. 39
Sequences of Perceptual Mixtures	p. 41
Color Stereopsis: A Spatial Interaction	p. 46
Complementary Hues and the Visual Deletion of Boundaries	p. 49
Space-Frame Experiments	p. 50
Experiment 1 Red/Blue	p. 50
Experiment 2 Figure/Ground	p. 51
Experiment 3 Size and Placement	p. 52
Experiment 4 Size/Color	p. 53
Experiment 5 Volume/Void	p. 53
Aspen: A Large-Scale Illusion	p. 54
Chapter 4 The Geometry of Brightness and the Perception of Form	p. 59
Constellation of Cubes: 90 Degree Angles Repeated	p. 64
The Relativity of Form to Color	p. 66
Free Study in Form and Color	p. 67
Interior Dimensions Perceived	p. 68
Chapter 5 Configuration, Pattern, and Dimension	p. 69
Chapter 6 Chiaro e Scuro Inverted	p. 79
The Pyramid Problem: A Visual Ratio	p. 81
Chapter 7 Color and Visual Organization	p. 87
Gestalt Principles of Form Affected by Color	p. 87
The Multiple: A Creative Game	p. 91
The Multiple: Devising a System	p. 94
The Multiple as Module: Toward the Design of Buildings' Surfaces	p. 95
Modular Patterns: Walls	p. 97
Modular Pattern as Repeat	p. 98
The Module as Unit in Film Animation	p. 99
Pattern-Making: From Sequence to Consequence	p. 100
Unit to Module to Field	p. 101
Patterns as Projections in Space	p. 104
Color and Symmetry, with A.L. Loeb	p. 108
Fourfold Symmetry Adapted	p. 109
Three-Dimensional Symmetry	p. 110
Pattern and Additive Mixture	p. 112
Chapter 8 Color and Light	p. 115
Modules for Reflected Color	p. 119
A Scale of Shadows	p. 120
One, Two, and Many	p. 121
Color by Reflection: Projected Light	p. 122
Additive Color as Virtual Light	p. 124
Richard Anuszkiewicz/Paintings	p. 124
Julian Stanczak/Paintings	p. 126
Chapter 9 Color Structure	p. 129
The Work of Robert Slutzky	p. 129
To Infinity: Lois Swirnoff	p. 130
Facture: Fiber Structure	p. 132
Modular Assemblage	p. 132
Chapter 10 Color and Form: Conform or Transform?	p. 135
Chapter 11 Visual Education	p. 145
Conclusion	p. 149
Notes	p. 151
Bibliography	p. 153
Credits	p. 155
Index	p. 157

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