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Vibrations in the soul.(Middle School Studio Lesson)(teaching art)
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School Arts
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January 1, 2007
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- Ellyn, Tracy
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 Davis Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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"Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand which plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul."
--Wassily Kandinsky
As artists of many centuries have known, there is a psychology and spirituality behind every color, every shape, and every movement. In his pioneering work, Concerning the Spiritual in Art, Wassily Kandinsky explained his vision to free art from material reality to inner life. He called for a spiritual revolution that would allow artists to express their own inner lives in abstract, nonobjective form. He believed that in true art there is a soul (expressionism) ...
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A guide to using color effectively in business communication.
Business Communication Quarterly;
June 1, 1997 ;
Jones, Scott L.;
787 words
...Color is becoming an increasingly common element in business communication. Color can greatly enhance many types of business documents, and business professionals' access to color is rapidly expanding. Best-selling word-processing, spreadsheet...
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Color is a fun
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
August 13, 2000 ;
JOY KRAUSE;
428 words
...Color is a fun, cheap way to pull together diverse room Sunday, August 13, 2000 Use of color can help unify an eclectic room, local interior designers...expensive way to bring all the elements together is with color," says designer Joanelle Jordann Klumb. "Color is the biggie...
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Color wheel: expand your horizons by decorating from one end of the...
House Beautiful;
April 1, 2002 ;
Roehm, Carolyne;
643 words
...COLOR TRANSFORMS OUR SURROUNDINGS AND ALTERS OUR MOODS, AND OUR...have spent my life discussing, admiring, and working with color. From the vibrant hues of David Hockney's paintings to the...silks to the subtle beauty of Swedish and Danish interiors, color has greatly influenced my artistic efforts. I am ...
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Color: its scientific principles explained in black and white. (Design...
Interior Design;
January 1, 1988 ;
Ching, Francis D.K.;
787 words
...Color Its scientific principles explained in black and white. Color, like shape and texture, is an inherent visual property of...that illuminates and reveals form and space. Without light, color does not exist. The science of physics deals with color as...
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The Science of Color
The Washington Post;
November 13, 2003 ;
560 words
...Color is big right now. United Parcel Service is trying to make brown seem cool. Food companies...mellow. Lately, it seems, everyone is thinking about the way colors make us feel. But what is color? And why do different colors have different effects on us? Color is what the eye sees when light falls on ...
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Japanese Inventors Develop Wireless Communication Line Quality...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
February 19, 2007 ;
340 words
......of Koganei, Japan, have developed a line quality characteristic evaluation system for...Office, the invention relates to a "line quality characteristic evaluation system for estimating a line quality characteristic under an interference...
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Get ready for color! (Canon USA Inc.'s CJ10 color...
Macworld;
July 1, 1993 ;
Adams, Eric J.;
787 words
...Color emerges as the new corporate standard EVERY FEW YEARS the corporate world ups the ante. It redefines...corporate test. Today, there's a new document standard emerging, perhaps the most dramatic of all. It's color -- provocative, bold, and persuasive color. If you know the corporate world, you know ...
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COLOR AND APPEARANCE: II.
The Journal of Coatings Technology;
July 1, 2001 ;
WICKS, JR., ZENO W. JONES, FRANK N. PAPPAS, S. PETER;
787 words
...Color and the interrelated topic of gloss are important to the decorative aspects of the use...coatings and, sometimes, to the functional aspects of their use. We have all dealt with color since we were babies, but most people have little understanding of color. Many technical people think of it as an ...
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COLOR: Science and Magic.(teaching children about color)
School Arts;
May 1, 1999 ;
Heiniger, Christina;
787 words
...Color is both magical and scientific. The study of color engages students scientifically as they explore certain formulas...they explore the subjective, expressionistic properties of color. Not surprisingly, then, exploration of color interests even...
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Use color in surprising places, expert urges.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;
November 7, 2002 ;
Breckenridge, Mary Beth;
562 words
...Color cowardice is rampant. Ken Charbonneau sees it all the time, and not just among the untrained public. He...safe, predictable, boring. So many of us live in a linen white world because we're afraid we'll tire of color, said Charbonneau, a New York color marketing consultant who drew up some color ...
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Color where it counts
Southern Living;
March 1, 2000 ;
Riley, Ellen;
588 words
...Color is the finishing touch to a landscape, adding polish and...busy lives, opportunities to plant can be a luxury. So plan color for maximum impact with minimal expense and effort. FRONT AND CENTER "Put flower color where you want to focus your attention," says landscape designer...
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COLOR AND APPEARANCE: I.
The Journal of Coatings Technology;
June 1, 2001 ;
WICKS JR, ZENO W. JONES, FRANK N. PAPPAS, S. PETER;
787 words
...Color and the interrelated topic of gloss are important to the decorative aspects of the use...coatings and, sometimes, to the functional aspects of their use. We have all dealt with color since we were babies, but most people have little understanding of color. Many technical people think of it as an ...
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Japanese Inventor Develops Transmission Signal Line Quality Monitoring...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
August 17, 2006 ;
276 words
......Aug. 17 -- Eiji Saruwatari of Hino, Japan, has developed a line quality monitoring apparatus and a method for monitoring the quality...According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a line quality monitoring method of detecting a code error rate by identifying...
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The effect of appropriate and inappropriate stimulus color on odor...
Perception and Psychophysics;
May 1, 2008 ;
Stevenson, Richard J; Oaten, Megan;
787 words
...Color can strongly affect participants' self-report of an odor's qualities. In Experiment 1, we examined whether color influences a more objective measure of odor quality, discrimination. Odor pairs, presented in their appropriate color (e.g., strawberry and cherry in red water), an inappropriate...
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Say It With Colors.(color choice in displays as a marketing skill)
Gifts & Decorative Accessories;
March 1, 2000 ;
Cahan, Linda;
787 words
...Color is the first thing that attracts customers to a display or fixture. Color makes people stop, think, feel, and emote. While a strong, simple color story can stop people in their tracks, a wild mix of many colors will do nothing at...
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