The Hue of Angles - Was Kandinsky Right?

Art and Perception

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-92

  Albertazzi, Liliana ^a   Malfatti, Michela ^a   Canal, Luisa ^a   Micciolo, Rocco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colour; Kandinsky; natural associations; visual shape

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980378618     PISSN: 22134905     EISSN: 22134913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22134913-00002025     Document Type: Article

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