From Introduction: Creative images which are normally called 'art' can be distinguished as either 'plastic' or visual. Both these forms throughout the history of art have relied to a greater or lesser degree on the use of colour. It is my intention to investigate specifically the changing role which colour has played in sculpture - the 'plastic' media of the visual arts and to chart the technical and aesthetic reasons for the use of colour. This investigation will encompass the historical perspective, the material qualities, aesthetic considerations, transitional codes and methods of approach in sociological frameworks and the examination of colour as a metaphysical element in the presentation of three dimensional media.

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青綠山水在中國繪畫史上歷史悠久，可追溯到魏晉時期（220-420），甚至更早，可謂中國山水畫科之始。然而，在經歷隋唐（581-907）的成熟和兩宋（960-1279）的高峰後，隨著水墨繪畫的興起，文人趣味的改變，加上材料技術的失傳，青綠山水在元代開始衰落。儘管這樣，還是有人致力於青綠創作，理想世界成為作品中時常表達的憧憬。 / 本文包含四個部分：「緒論」闡述青綠山水的定義，並回顧傳統青綠山水的沿革。第一章梳理傳統青綠山水對理想世界的描繪，把它分成「隱逸」、「桃源」和「仙境」三類，從技法和主題來分析作品背後的意涵。第二章先以近代畫壇大師為例，指出他們對青綠山水創作的重視既在於表達理想世界，更在於對傳統技法的保存和延續。而現當代的青綠創作雖形式繁雜，但至少有五種面貌。第三章則闡述個人如何參考傳統技法和風格為創作元素，展現對傳統和當下的思考。文章期能對青綠山水這一古老畫科與理想世界的關係作一探討，並為當代青綠山水的創作再添註釋。 / Regarded as the origin of the genre of landscape painting, blue-and-green landscape painting has a long history in China, dating from the Wei and Jin periods (220-420) and even earlier. It was developed in the Sui and Tang dynasties (581-907) and was at its glorious status in the Song dynasty (960-1279). However, a change in the taste of the literati class and the loss of the related techniques and materials gave rise to monochrome ink painting, and as a result, the blue-and-green tradition declined in the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Despite the prevailing trend of Chinese landscape painting, there are still people who devote themselves to the blue-and-green style and use it to depict an ideal world. / This thesis consists of four sections. In the Introduction, I formulate a definition for blue-and-green landscape painting and trace its development in the narratives of Chinese art. Chapter One straightens out the depictions of an ideal world in the blue-and-green tradition, dividing them into ‘recluse’, ‘peach blossom spring’ and ‘immortal land’, and deciphers the meaning of the works regarding their techniques and subjects. Chapter Two studies the masters of the modern and contemporary art world and their landscape views. The value of blue-and-green landscape painting is still highly regarded not only because it is used to depict an ideal world, but also seen as a means to preserve and continue the traditional painting techniques. The contemporary blue-and-green landscape paintings come in a variety of styles and yet there are at least five categories from my observation. The final chapter is my reflection on the Chinese tradition and on the presence as I express these by making reference to the traditional techniques and styles. In studying the close relationship between the primitive genre of blue-and-green landscape painting and an ideal world, this thesis intends to offer a new perspective in painting blue-and-green landscape in a modern context. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / 蔡德怡. / Parallel title from English abstract. / Thesis (M.Phil.) Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2015. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-90). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Cai Deyi.

The purpose of this Creative Project was to examine several aspects of color and to apply the results to a series of watercolor and oil paintings of rural subject matter. The process involved several steps: literature research, a series of photographs, and pigment color analysis. To begin with, landscape painters from the seventeenth century to the present were researched for their use of color in portraying the illusion of light and form on a two dimensional surface. A series of photographs was taken over a one year period. These were used to record changes of color on objects due to seasonal and atmospheric differences. Finally, watercolor pigments were analyzed for the range of mixing possibilities they could create. The findings from these three steps were applied in a series of eleven paintings which portrayed the illusion of light and solid form through the use of color. / Department of Art

The creative project, which focused in painting and print making was the conclusion of my graduate program in studio art. I executed eleven oil paintings and eleven woodblock prints which demonstrated my development as a twodimensional artist.Although oil painting is the primary medium that I worked in for this project, I expanded my visual vocabulary to include woodblock printing. These paintings and prints were exhibited at the University Theater Gallery on Ball State University's campus in April of 1992.Painting is a vehicle to express my ideas to others. It is also a vehicle for my personal discovery' Being Japanese (Eastern) living in America (Western) has created a cultural duality in my life, which is the main focus of this creative project. The emotional content of each piece is expressed through visual metaphors.This project involves the exploration of the female figure as a self-portrait, rendered in an environment that visually represents my emotional state of mind. It is a visual diary which started out with the creation of small black and white woodblock prints. I created the images of the four seasons with a female figure surrounded by decorative patterns. This idea expanded as I worked on the oil paintings, which are larger in format (human scale). My intention was to provide a stimulus for emotional response while gaining a greater understanding of how colors, shapes, and other elements operate expressively. For example, in most of the images I intentionally positioned the figure so that the face is turned away from the viewer and not portrayed. This allowed the viewers to project their own feelings onto the work.Along with the creation of the paintings and the prints, I researched past and contemporary artists who shared my ideas and concerns. These artists include the post impressionists--Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin; the Nabis--Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard; the Fauves--primarily Matisse; German Expressionists; and a contemporary English artist, Howard Hodgkin. / Department of Art

Peter Paul Rubens' creative genius, as expressed with consummate mastery in his paintings, is but one of the many elements that have compounded to establish his fame. He is also renowned as a man of immense erudition. Indeed, his reputation is such that it is taken for granted that his great learning informed all aspects of his art in a fundamental way. / In accordance with this kind of thinking, current scholarship on Rubens accepts, as a matter of course, that the artist, whilst creating his painted works, followed the dictates of a colour theory, as we would know it today. In fact, on the basis of circumstantial evidence, it has been accepted that Rubens invented a colour theory that may be seen as innovative for his time. / This thesis assesses the evidence which has led researchers to formulate such a conclusion. As a consequence, it investigates the circumstances of Rubens association with Francois de Aguilon during the final stages of the latter's publication of his book on optics, the Opticorum libri sex. ... As well, the artist's correspondence with his friend, Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc, which contains allusions to an autograph manuscript purported to contain Rubens' thoughts on colour, is re-examined. Indeed, this very correspondence reveals that Rubens did not consider himself particularly knowledgeable about the theoretical aspects colour. / On the basis of a thorough review of these existing documents; an investigation into relevant biographical circumstances; and an examination of the artist's technique, it is here proposed that Rubens did not consciously apply theoretical principles to his craft, but rather, that any of the discernable elements of what is considered to be modern colour theory are in the paintings only because the demands of the painter's craft serendipitously parallel art historians' theoretical hindsight.

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1983. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Media and Information Studies, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 23, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-234). Also issued in print.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1978. / Title from title page screen, viewed Jan. 20, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Harold Gregor (chair), Jonathan Reyman, Ken Holder, Harold Boyd, Fred Mills. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 167-170) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis--Stockholm. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-178).