Art Breaks: Color

A lesson on hue, value, and intensity using color examples from Francois Ykens, Flower Still Life, 1644.

Francois Ykens (Flemish), Flower Still Life, 1644, oil on panel. Gift of Val A. Browning, from the permanent collection at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah. umfa1993.034.006

While watching please note that there are many ways to focus on a work of art – for this video, we’re using only one particular lens. This lens provides a way to engage with and appreciate the artwork, but may or may not be part of the original intention of the work.

We appreciate that each person brings their experience as a person to their understanding of art and we encourage respectful dialogue and appreciate a diversity of voices and perspectives.