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Shaun - Weekly Photo 01

Yu-Hsiang "Shaun" Chung, 1 am, January 26, 2011. Woodside, Queens, NYC.

Rend Shamma - Homework - Week 01

This is my autobiography in expressed through color. I tend to design using black and white as the most dominate colors. I rarely use color and when I do its just a 'splash'

Rend - Weekly Photo 01

Rend Shamma; Crumbs, University Place

Weekly Photo 1

Yellow chair in the greenhouse upstate near Albany - March 2010

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Week 1

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Week 1: Homework

1. Complete "The Colorist" exercise PDF (located in the documents section of the blog)

2. Create an autobiography using the design and color basics we discussed in class. Use any materials you want.

3. Read Passages from Swann's Way (under "Proust, Swann's way readings) and analyze them as we discussed in class.

Proust: Swann's Way Readings

Below are the three readings from The first volume (Swann's Way) of Proust's "Rmemberance of Things Past"

1. "The Magic Lantern"

Download "The Magic Lantern" (29kb)

2. "The Madeleine"

Download "The Madeleine" (31kb)

3. "The Church at Combray"

Download "The Church at Combray" (35kb)

The Colorist: Chapter One

Please complete the exercises in this PDF by the second week of class. We will discuss the results in class next week.

Download "The Colorist"exercise (577kb)

Course Syllabus

****Course Outline****
The semester is broken into three parts; ANALYZE, VISUALIZE and CUSTOMIZE. The detailed description is attached.

NOTE: the deadlines and/or homework assignments are subject to change

Download Syllabus (122 kb)

All England Summarize Proust Competition

Monty Python's "All England Summarize Proust Competition".

Info Worksheet

Please fill this worksheet out and give it to Tom and/or Julia the second week of class.

Download Information Worksheet (104kb)

Color Quotes

“He who wishes to become a master of color must see, feel and experience each individual color in its endless combinations with all other colors”

- Johannes Itten

“I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music”

- Joan Miro 1893­-1983

“ colors are the deeds of light, its deeds and sufferings”

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 17499-1832

“To any white body receiving the light from the sun, or the air, the shadows will be of bluish cast”

- Leonardo da vinci 1452 – 1519

"Colour is the most sacred element of all visible things"

- John Ruskin, Modern Painters

"Beauty lies not in colors but in their harmony"

- Marcel Proust

Color Lovers

COLOURlovers is a creative community where people from around the world create
and share colors, palettes and patterns, discuss the latest trends and explore colorful articles... All in the spirit of love.

http://www.colourlovers.com/

Colours in Culture

This is a data chart of color symbolism in cultures all over the world.

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/

History of Color Wheels

See examples of color wheel designs from the 1500's to the 1900's.

http://www.colorcube.com/articles/models/model.htm

Color Scheme Designer

Interactive website that demonstrates different color contrasts.

http://colorschemedesigner.com/

Olafur Eliasson

Color is an important part of Olafur Eliasson's work.

More examples here.

Musulluoglo Installation

Murat Musulluoglo created an interactive installation in Central Park using color water and plastic cups.

http://www.muratmusulluoglu.com/

"The Brain" at the AMNH

"The Brain" exhibit at the Museum of Natural history has a few good pieces on how we perceive color and shape. Some images are below:















Russian composer Alexander Scriabin composed a musical light orchestra
by assigning colors to each note.






















This demonstrates one form of synesthesia where people see letters in color even when they are printed in black and white.

























This Mona Lisa mosiac is made out of different color spools of thread. When seen through the class ball it appears the normal way even though the image is placed upside down.