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" Itten's book, The Art of Color, attempted to validate his
theories through a clever technique well known in advertising
agencies. By juxtaposing his color charts next to the work of
great painters he hoped to add credence to his theories.
Strangely, Itten chose painters who died well before the advent of
the modern pigments and colors shown in his charts. Those great
master's pictures have as little bearing on his color theories as
are the trim young models in beer commercials a result of drinking
the advertiser's product.


To appear original, Itten abandoned the ten-color
wheel of the Munsell System in order to create his idiosyncratic
Twelve Color Star and a seven value Color Sphere. The dilemma was;
how was the artist to apply rigidly circumscribed charts, blocks,
stars and spheres of color to painting the delicate passages
inherent in figurative painting? Those uncompromising Bauhaus
precepts have proved to be coarse, clumsy tools ill suited to
producing that grace and finesse we associate with figurative
painting. Thus far, the only application of Alber's and Itten's
theories have been in short-lived art fads like Color Field
painting and Op Art."



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http://studioproducts.com/theory.html
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