OIIII..!!!..:)))...Larry, I think you should explain, in the term "blue plate/light special"....I think the viewers unfamiliar with this loveley american phenomenon would get a kick out of the title! ;)....as for the image: delerious...I love it (epecially the red eyes)...your cat loves you heartily indeed!...:)) love that light box creates the sensation on insensate feelings: shadows, somehow now real...and its devishly great photo!! :))))
Larry: here are some titles for you as promised: 1) "Theory of Colors" by Goethe, 2) "Interaction of Colors"-Josef Albers, 3)"Theory and Use of Color"--Luigina De Grandis; 4) "Concerning the Spiritual in Art" & "Point and Line to Plane"--Kandinsky 5)" The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color"-Johannes Itten; and lastly, the most grand of all "color books" 6) "The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colors and Their Applications to the Arts)--M.E. Chevreul, (19th century book...and someday, I'll buy it.!...for starters, Kandinsky, and Albers books are great....as is the Itten...hope this helps! :))
19: You are welcome Larry!..I'll drum up some more titles later. The Albers is great (he's also interesting, albeit cold, modern painter), (also there is a color book by the painter Hoffmann--who influenced the California school of 50's, 60's, 70's (like Diebenkorn et al)--the name escapes me at the moment)...Kandinsky's books are mad and brillant, though more "aesthetic/spiritual/theoretical" rather then technical...The Itten is good, very good for simple discussion of color and their relationships to forms: for example: is blue more effective as circle, square, triangle, etc (although this was classic question Kandinsky raised)...the Chevreul is the key book, sort of like owning OED...if you want, I'll think of some photography books which deal with color, but it seems to me, in photography color is a form (rather then representation) and therefore, the work of painters and designers are more instructive--its what Weston thought as well ;)...and do take a look at Wisconsin Death Trip--it is a fascinating book (although no color ;) )...cheers,
i always loved your jazz dark side Larry ;)))) and oh, i'm in a line to get these diamond forks from your wife if she has some to share ;) someday :) the picture is gorgeous!
Larry Korhnak 04.10.2001 06:02
