IDENTITY
Grammaire des arts du dessin
Art Writing
Work Summary
A theoretical treatise on the visual arts examining principles of drawing, form, colour, composition and artistic expression. Blanc seeks to formulate general laws underlying artistic practice and devotes particular attention to relationships among colours and the expressive organization of visual form.
Evidence Summary
The scholarly edition identifies Blanc's Grammaire alongside his other writing as part of the documented Delacroix/colour-theory background to Van Gogh's discussion of complementaries and broken tones.
Art theory provides terminology and conceptual background for Van Gogh's colour reasoning.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Charles Blanc
Work
Grammaire des arts du dessin
Years / Period
c. 18 Apr 1885
Van Gogh Relation
Discussed / Commented On, Mentioned
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
c. 18 Apr 1885 — Letter 494
Known / used as theoretical background; source identification requires annotation
complementaries / broken tones
Response: The scholarly edition identifies Blanc's Grammaire alongside his other writing as part of the documented Delacroix/colour-theory background to Van Gogh's discussion of complementaries and broken tones.
Connection: Art theory provides terminology and conceptual background for Van Gogh's colour reasoning.
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