17. Color & Chromotherapy
• “I have tried to express with red and green the
terrible passions of human nature.” –Van
Gogh
• Which painting was he referring to?
• Do you think he captured passion? Why or
why not?
18. Unity: order, wholeness, harmony in a design
• Compositional – overall design
• Conceptual – idea behind the work
• Gestalt – ALL aspects ordered
VS
MONOTONY or
CHAOS
19. Unity
Katsushika Hokusai, “The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa,” from
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, 1826–33 (printed later). Print, color
woodcut. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
21. Unity: Conceptual
Romare Bearden, The Dove, 1964. Cut-and-pasted printed
papers, gouache, pencil, and colored pencil on board, 13⅜ x 18¾”.
MOMA, New York
22. Unity: Gestalt
• Whole greater than
sum of its
parts…concept, com
position, creation…
Vishnu Dreaming the
Universe, c. 450–500
CE. Relief panel.
Temple of
Vishnu, Deogarh, Utta
r Pradesh, India
24. Variety: materials
Robert Rauschenberg, Monogram, 1955–9. Mixed media with taxidermy
goat, rubber tire, and tennis ball, 42 x 63¼ x 64½”.
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden