Comments on: Color – Amsterdam http://www.vicentewolfblog.com/random/color-amsterdam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=color-amsterdam Share his love of design, travel, photography and art with designer Vicente Wolf. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:17:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karena http://www.vicentewolfblog.com/random/color-amsterdam/comment-page-1/#comment-2668 Karena Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:31:58 +0000 http://vicentewolfblog.com/?p=1161#comment-2668 I am thinking and Vermeer and Rembrandt and even Turners brilliant use of lights and dark's. As a painter sometimes I may stay too monochromatic or tonal, not always though! The contrasts can be mesmerizing! I am thinking and Vermeer and Rembrandt and even Turners brilliant use of lights and dark’s. As a painter sometimes I may stay too monochromatic or tonal, not always though! The contrasts can be mesmerizing!

]]> By: Gary Nelling http://www.vicentewolfblog.com/random/color-amsterdam/comment-page-1/#comment-2667 Gary Nelling Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:53:06 +0000 http://vicentewolfblog.com/?p=1161#comment-2667 I've always thought that Dutch classical era paintings are particularly luminous. Perhaps they had a rare appreciation and understanding of light because of its scarcity, but perhaps their is something about the generous humorous Dutch personality too. English classical painting displays some of the same feeling, but for me the Dutch were the masters in expressing light. Did you enjoy Gerrit Rietveld's Van Gogh Museum as a building and series of exhibit spaces? I thought it was a good integration of large and intimate spaces, and the open stair gave it some movement. I was also pleasantly surprised to learn that he designed major commissions like this in addition to his well-known De Stijl single-family and multi-family housing and his famous red-blue chair. I’ve always thought that Dutch classical era paintings are particularly luminous. Perhaps they had a rare appreciation and understanding of light because of its scarcity, but perhaps their is something about the generous humorous Dutch personality too. English classical painting displays some of the same feeling, but for me the Dutch were the masters in expressing light.

Did you enjoy Gerrit Rietveld’s Van Gogh Museum as a building and series of exhibit spaces? I thought it was a good integration of large and intimate spaces, and the open stair gave it some movement. I was also pleasantly surprised to learn that he designed major commissions like this in addition to his well-known De Stijl single-family and multi-family housing and his famous red-blue chair.

]]> By: m elissa lee http://www.vicentewolfblog.com/random/color-amsterdam/comment-page-1/#comment-2666 m elissa lee Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:43:47 +0000 http://vicentewolfblog.com/?p=1161#comment-2666 Dear Vicente, Light and Dark are all elements of how we negotiate life in general and to see how paintings often show this is also an element of how one would deal with so much darkness much of the year. When one is surrounded by the sun most of the time one seeks darkness and a break from the sun, but it is the other way around when one is in the dark dampness (I often think of how many times I am in Paris and the entire trip is dark and damp)most of the time one need the light, so we as humans will recreate it any way we can!!!!!! I love light in homes and neutral colors with a little color thrown in to offset the neutral tones.... Blue often plays well with natural washes..... Enjoy your trip!!!!!!! xxoo Melissa Dear Vicente,

Light and Dark are all elements of how we negotiate life in general and to see how paintings often show this is also an element of how one would deal with so much darkness much of the year. When one is surrounded by the sun most of the time one seeks darkness and a break from the sun, but it is the other way around when one is in the dark dampness (I often think of how many times I am in Paris and the entire trip is dark and damp)most of the time one need the light, so we as humans will recreate it any way we can!!!!!!
I love light in homes and neutral colors with a little color thrown in to offset the neutral tones…. Blue often plays well with natural washes…..

Enjoy your trip!!!!!!!

xxoo
Melissa

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