External Qualities The Attributes of Line, Shape, Color, Gloss, Texture and Pattern: The Attributes of Line, Shape, Color, Gloss, Texture and Pattern and

This book is aimed at those who have an interest in the aesthetics of color in the visual world. The readership includes interior, graphic and industrial designers, architects, artists, students and anyone else who wishes to have a clear understanding of an exiting or potential design. It takes a direct, abstract approach as it explains the style and aesthetics of the external qualities of line, shape, color, gloss, texture and pattern on the surfaces of objects and spaces. This approach is one that gives the reader direct information for the understanding and knowledge needed to make informed aesthetic judgments. It imparts objective, general knowledge about the external qualities that are perceived in the natural and man-made visual world. It goes beyond to discuss and explain the aesthetic connections among lines, shapes, colors, glosses, textures and patterns.