AlbertEnz Monograf final

COLOR IN THE ARTWORKS OF ALBERT ENZ
Referring to Cezanne, Paul Klee stated, «Color is the place where our brain
and the universe meet.» The history of colors is a very ancient, complex, and
structured tale. Even with Aristotle, color began to be understood as an architecture
of perceptions and suggestions, an instrument of expression,
and a symbolically rich element. In this regard, the reflection of Manlio Brusatin
(1943), a historian of arts and architecture, is interesting, where he affirmed:
«Based on every consideration regarding the nature of color (chroma and
pharmakon), Zenon of Citium's synthesis, transmitted by Plutarch: 'colors
are the first schematics of matter,' tends to indicate the concept of chromatic
sensation within a well-defined boundary between matter and form,
and this formulation has passed from the master of Stoicism to spread
among Latin writers (...)» (5)
Over the centuries, color has been meticulously studied, assigning it increa-
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