Overview
Join Christie's Education for a series of lectures exploring colour, inspiration, insight and imagination in art throughout history. In partnership with the Art History Festival 2023.
Session 1 – Colourful Perspectives: How Enchroma Glasses Enhance the Art Viewing Experience – a talk by Enchroma Colour blindness glasses manufacturer
Session 2 – Reading Colour in Art – a talk by Art Historian and Writer – Ben Street
Colourful Perspectives: How Enchroma Glasses Enhance the Art Viewing Experience
One in 12 men (8%) and one in 200 women (.5%) are red-green colour blind. While people with normal colour vision see over one million hues of colour, the colour blind only see about 10% of them. To these people, colours appear dull, washed out and some colours are hard to tell apart. EnChroma glasses help those with colour vision deficiency see a broader range of vibrant, clear and distinct colour.
Join Cecila Gerosa from EnChroma who will present a complimentary talk on the revolutionary Enchroma colour-blindness glasses which are assisting people with this deficiency and enabling them to view the true colours in works of art.
Thursday 21 September 6.00 - 7.00pm Via Zoom.
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The Problem of Colour
The interplay of colour and perception in art is undeniably a multifaceted and intriguing aspect of artistic expression. The very act of assigning names to colours is a remarkably complex endeavor. The human eye can perceive an astounding array of hues, shades, and tones, each carrying its own unique emotional resonance. Yet, language often struggles to capture the nuance and subtlety of these visual experiences. Artists and theorists have grappled with this challenge for centuries, endeavoring to convey the essence of colours through words, ultimately highlighting the limitations of linguistic expression when it comes to the richness of the visual world.
This confluence of historical and environmental factors underscores the notion that colour, while central to the visual arts, remains an enigmatic and elusive element that defies easy categorization and discussion. In essence, it is precisely this elusiveness that makes color one of the most intriguing and enduring challenges in the world of art.
Join Christie’s Education Lecturer, Ben Street, as he explores these rarely discussed topics.
Saturday 23 September, 6.00 - 7.00pm via Zoom
This event is part of Art History Festival 2023 organised by the Association for Art History.
