A Symbolic Study Of Color In Mark Rothko’s Painting

As an element of painting,color is regarded by Mark Rothko as a medium of expression independent of painting.He believes that color is enough to tell everything.Colli rose color,with his trust in his works present a kind of get rid of the objective model into an abstract painting style of objective model,this kind of colour the symbolic expression of interest and always is permeated with the artist’s pursuit and spirit connotation,this has to do with him to the religion,philosophy,primitive art,Greek mythology the obsession with exploration are closely linked.On the basis of clarifying the development of Rothko’s painting,this paper makes an analysis and research on the spiritual communication connotation and formation logic of his painting color.The paper consists of six chapters: 1.The introduction part elaborates the background of the thesis,the significance of the topic and the research status quo,2.The evolution of color and form in Mark Rothko’s painting,3.The origin of color symbolism in Mark Rothko’s paintings,4.Artistic features of color symbolism in Mark Rothko’s paintings,5.Blacks tragic and sublime sense of interweaving.