Synopses & Reviews
Josef Albersand#8217;s
Interaction of Color is a masterwork in twentieth-century art education. Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors, and students, this timeless book presents Albersand#8217;s unique ideas of color experimentation in a way that is valuable to specialists as well as to a larger audience.
Originally published by Yale University Press in 1963 as a limited silkscreen edition with 150 color plates, Interaction of Color first appeared in paperback in 1971, featuring ten representative color studies chosen by Albers. The paperback has remained in print ever since and is one of the most influential resources on color for countless readers.
This new paperback edition presents a significantly expanded selection of more than thirty color studies alongside Albersand#8217;s original unabridged text, demonstrating such principles as color relativity, intensity, and temperature; vibrating and vanishing boundaries; and the illusions of transparency and reversed grounds. Now available in a larger format and with enhanced production values, this expanded edition celebrates the unique authority of Albersand#8217;s contribution to color theory and brings the artistand#8217;s iconic study to an eager new generation of readers.
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"Joseph Albers, an artist and greatest educator in the United States, is one of those who first tore down the old hierarchical concept of color."and#8212;Yusuke Nakahara, Color Planning Center No. 59
and#8220;Interaction of Color with its illuminatingand#160;visual exercises and mind-bending optical illusions, remains an indispensable blueprint to the art of seeing. . . . An essential piece of visual literacy.and#8221;and#8212;Maria Popova,and#160;Brain Pickings
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and#8220;[An]and#160;influential classic [that] has inspired artist and designers everywhere.and#8221;--CoolHunting
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and#8220;One of the most beautiful books in the world . . .and#160;Interaction of Colorand#160;is not solely for artists, though generations of them certainly owe Albers a debt. It is for anyone who wants to get under the hood and understand why and how we see the world the way we do. . . . A visionary work.and#8221;--Malcolm Jones,and#160;Newsweek
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"The best introduction to Albers's workand#8212;Albers's own Interaction of Color, which I highly recommend."and#8212;New York Magazine
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and#8220;One of the most important books on color ever written.and#8221;--Michael Hession,Gizmodo
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andlsquo;The book that influenced me the most is Interaction of Colour by Josef Albers. It helped me to learn about colour.andrsquo;andmdash;Orla Kiely, Elle Decorationandnbsp;
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andldquo;For the historical insight and lucidity our color-drenched era could definitely use, the 50th-anniversary edition of Interaction of Color, by the Bauhaus-bred artist and teacher Josef Albers, is especially worth examining.andrdquo;andmdash;Sebastian Smee, Atlantic
Synopsis
The 50th anniversary edition of a classic text, featuring an expanded selection of color studies
Synopsis
Josef Albersandrsquo;s Interaction of Color is a masterwork in art education. Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors, and students, this influential book presents Albersandrsquo;s singular explanation of complex color theory principles. and#160; Originally published by Yale University Press in 1963 as a limited silkscreen edition with 150 color plates, Interaction of Color first appeared in paperback in 1971, featuring ten color studies chosen by Albers, and has remained in print ever since. With over a quarter of a million copies sold in its various editions since 1963, Interaction of Colorand#160; remains an essential resource on color, as pioneering today as when Albers first created it. and#160; Fifty years after Interactionandrsquo;s initial publication, this new edition presents a significantly expanded selection of close to sixty color studies alongside Albersandrsquo;s original text, demonstrating such principles as color relativity, intensity, and temperature; vibrating and vanishing boundaries; and the illusion of transparency and reversed grounds. A celebration of the longevity and unique authority of Albersandrsquo;s contribution, this landmark edition will find new audiences in studios and classrooms around the world.
About the Author
Josef Albers, one of the most influential artist-educators of the twentieth century, was a member of the Bauhaus group in Germany during the 1920s. In 1933 he came to the United States, where he taught at Black Mountain College for sixteen years. In 1950 he joined the faculty at Yale University as chairman of the department of design. Albers was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1968 and was professor emeritus of art at Yale until his death in 1976.and#160;Nicholas Fox Weber is executive director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation.