In 1932 the State Publishing House of Fine Arts in Leningrad, a book was published MV Matyushina written on the basis of its long-term studies of perception of color and form, "Handbook of color. It consisted of four notebooks, tables - colorful harmonies and large-trehtsvety article "The pattern of variability of color combinations. Color tables were performed by hand stencilled Matyushina group of students, hence the circulation - 400 copies.
Cromatics Matyushina based on establishing a direct dependence of aesthetic qualities of color harmonies of psycho-physiological factors of perception, closely aligning itself with the psychology of creativity.
Handbook, "as the text says," is designed for use in the work on color in the production of: internal and external decoration of architecture, textiles, porcelain, wallpaper, printing and other industries. "
Below I will give three pages of this handbook.
At the time this was considered normal scientific work and not claim the laurels of works of art, which should cost a fortune of money. In modern times it would be called "blue on blue and orange", "green to red", "gray and red on yellow" and declared to the top of creativity.: D
For those interested, add: This manual was reissued in 2007 by the publisher D. Aronov with an excellent introductory article by L. Zhadov
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