Johannes Itten

Johannes Itten (11 November 1888 – 25 March 1967) was a Swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher, writer and theorist associated with the Bauhaus school.

Publications

The Elements of Color, 1970, Log, PDF.

• Kunst der Farbe: subjektives Erleben und objektives Erkennen als Wege zur Kunst, Ravensburg: Otto Maier, 1961, 155 pp; new ed., 1970, 95 pp. (German)
  • The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color, trans. Ernst van Haagen, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1961, 155 pp, OL; new ed. as The Elements of Color: A Treatise on the Color System of Johannes Itten Based on His Book The Art of Color, ed. & forew. Faber Birren, trans. Ernst van Hagen, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1970, 95 pp. (English)
  • Arte del colore: esperienza soggettiva e conoscenza oggettiva come vie per l'arte, trans. Augusta Monferini and Marta Bignami, Milan: Il Saggiatore, 1965, 155 pp; new ed., 1982, 95 pp. (Italian)
  • Art de la couleur, trans. Sylvie Girard, Paris: Dessain et Tolra, 1967, 155+xxviii pp; new ed. as Art de la couleur: approche subjective et description objective de l'art, 1971, 95 pp. (French)
  • Kleurenleer, trans. René Smeets, De Bilt: Cantecleer, 1971, 95 pp; new ed. as Kunst en kleur: een kleurenleer over het subjektief beleven en objektiefleren zien van kleur als weg naar de kunst, 1979, 155 pp. (Dutch)
  • Shikisairon [色彩論], Hiroshi Ōchi, Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 1971, 99 pp. (Japanese)
  • Umetnost boje: subjektivni doživljaj i objektivna spoznaja - dva puta ka umetničkom stvaranju. Priručnik, trans. Emilija Pavković and Vencislav Radovanović, Belgrade: Umetnička akademija, 1973, 109 pp. (Serbo-Croatian)
  • El arte del color: aproximación subjetiva y descripción objetiva del arte: edición abreviada, trans. Vidal Lamíquiz, Paris: Bouret, 1975, 95 pp; repr., México D.F.: Limusa, 2002, 95 pp. (Spanish)
  • Farvekunstens elementer subjektive oplevelser og objektiv erkendelse som vejledning til kunsten, trans. Ole Henrik Kock, Copenhagen: Borgen, 1977, 95 pp. (Danish)
  • A színek művészete: szubjektív élmény és objektív megismerés mint a művészethez vezető utak: tanulmányi kiadás, trans. Karátson Gábor, Budapest: Corvina, 1978, 95 pp; repr., Budapest: Göncöl, 1997. (Hungarian)
  • Se cai lun [色彩論], Tai nan shi: Xin hong fa xing: Da kun zong dai li, 1984. (Chinese)
  • Värit taiteessa: värien subjektiivinen kokeminen ja objektiivinen tunnistaminen johdatuksena taiteeseen, trans. Antero Kare, ed. Jyrki Lappi-Seppälä, Helsingissä: Taide, 1989, 95 pp. (Finnish)
  • Anāsur-i rang-i Ītin: rasālihʼī dar bāb-i shīv-i rang az Ītin, trans. Hassan Maljāʼī, Tehran: Intishārāt-i Pārt, 1373 [1994], 142 pp. (Persian)
  • Farvekunsten og dens elementer subjektive opplevelser og objektive kunnskaper som veiledning til kunsten, trans. Erling Magnar Jørgensen, Saltrød: Forsythia, 1995, 95 pp. (Norwegian)
  • Umetnost barve: študijska izdaja, trans. Rudi Reichmann, Jesenice: R. Reichmann, 1999, 95 pp. (Slovenian)
  • Iskusstvo tsveta [Искусство цвета], Moscow: D. Aronov, 2000, 95 pp. (Russian)

• Mein Vorkurs am Bauhaus: Gestaltung- und Formenlehre, Ravensburg: O. Maier, 1963, 195 pp; new rev.ed. as Gestaltungs- und Formenlehre mein Vorkurs am Bauhaus u. später, ed. Anneliese Itten, 1975, 135 pp. (German)
  • Design and Form: The Basic Course at the Bauhaus, trans. John Maass, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1963, 190 pp; UK ed. as The Basic Course at the Bauhaus, London: Thames and Hudson, 1964, 190 pp. (English)
  • Le dessin et la forme, trans. Albert Garreau], Paris: Dessain et Tolra, 1970, 193 pp. (French)
  • Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, 1970, 215 pp. (Japanese)
  • Beeldende vormleer: mein Vorkurs am Bauhaus, trans. René Smeets, De Bilt: Cantecleer, 1975, 135 pp. (Dutch)
  • Iokhannes Itten (Иоханнес Иттен) Iskusstvo formy. Moy forkurs v Baukhauze i drugikh shkolakh [Искусство формы. Мой форкурс в Баухаузе и других школах], trans. L. Monakhov, Moscow: D. Aronov, 2001, 136 pp. (Russian)
  • al-Taṣmīm wa-al-shakl, trans. Ṣabrī Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Ghanī, al-Shāriqah: Markaz al-Shāriqah lil-Ibdāʻ al-Fikrī, 2000s, 233 pp. (Arabic)

Literature

• http://google.com/search?q=itten+site:archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok