3 articles tagged with "Matisse"
Learn how artists control positive and negative space to direct attention, create tension, and give compositions their visual energy. From Hokusai to Matisse to Mondrian, discover why empty space is never actually empty.
Discover the psychology of color in art. Learn why red raises your heart rate, why blue calms, and how artists from Matisse to Rothko have used color to engineer emotional responses in viewers.
Trace the history of collage from Picasso and Braque's Cubist papier collé to Hannah Höch's Dada photomontages and Matisse's paper cutouts. Learn how collage became a serious art form and how to use it yourself.