Black: Exploring color in art

by Valentina Zucchi, Francesca Zoboli (Illustrator), Katherine Gregor (Translator)

Overview

Every color has a story to tell

We are all fascinated by the wonder of color, from the lightest to the darkest, from one shade to another. True Color is a series of books that explores the subtle differences of each color, how they were used, and why they were so important to famous artists throughout history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781800690585
Publisher:	Orange Hippo!
Publication date:	06/15/2021
Series:	True Color
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 8.66(h) x (d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Valentina Zucchi was born in 1977 in Biella, Piedmont. She first graduated in History of Modern Art and then in Conservation of Cultural Heritage and has been working on the relationship between museums and visitors ever since. Valentina has lived in Florence since 2004, where she devotes herself to enhancing the collection of The Florentine Civic Museum, which is where the idea for this series of books about colours came from.

Francesca Zoboli was born in 1960 in Milan, where she still lives. She graduated in Visual Design in 1981, at the Polytechnic School of Milan, then in 1985 graduated in painting from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. After working for a period as a graphic designer, she founded an interior design company with two partners in Milan in 1990 called L 'O di Giotto.

Katherine Gregor translates from Italian, Russian and French. She is also a playwright and a fiction writer and maintains a regular blog.

Table of Contents

Black 7

Black Gives Rise to Light 8

The Black of Night 11

Shadows 14

Emerging from the Shadows 19

Chiaroscuro 22

Engraving 27

The Advent of Printing 32

Confusing the Brain 36

Action Painting 41

Texture and Line 44

The Color of Mourning 46

The Color of Authority 49

Regal and Royal 52

Social Elegance 55

The Silver Screen 57

Black is all Around You 60

Where to Find Out More 62