Editing Green (section)

==== In the 18th and 19th century ====

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Constable DeadhamVale.jpg|''Dedham Vale'' (1802) by [[John Constable]]. The paintings of Constable romanticized the vivid green landscapes of England
Jean-Baptiste Debret - Coroação de D. Pedro I.jpg|In the painting of [[Jean-Baptiste Debret]] (1822), Emperor [[Pedro I of Brazil]] wearing the imperial mantle decorated with green fabric.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot 010.jpg|In the paintings of [[Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot]] (1796–1875), the green of trees and nature became the central element of the painting, with the people secondary
Marie Bashkirtseff 2.jpg|''Spring'', by [[Marie Bashkirtseff]], 1884
Vincent Willem van Gogh 076.jpg|''[[The Night Café]]'', (1888), by [[Vincent van Gogh]], used red and green to express what Van Gogh called "the terrible human passions."
Émile Bernard - Still life with teapot, cup and fruit - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Émile Bernard (painter)|Émile Bernard]] – ''Still life with green teapot, cup and fruit'', 1890
Louis Anquetin - Woman at the Champs-Élysées by night - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Louis Anquetin]] – ''Woman at the Champs-Élysées by night''
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The 18th and 19th centuries brought the discovery and production of synthetic green pigments and dyes, which rapidly replaced the earlier mineral and vegetable pigments and dyes. These new dyes were more stable and brilliant than the vegetable dyes, but some contained high levels of [[arsenic]], and were eventually banned.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, green was associated with the [[romantic movement]] in literature and art.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Romantic Period|url=https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/british-literature-through-history/s06-the-romantic-period.html|access-date=2020-08-12|website=2012books.lardbucket.org}}</ref> The German poet and philosopher [[Goethe]] declared that green was the most restful color, suitable for decorating bedrooms. Painters such as [[John Constable]] and [[Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot]] depicted the lush green of rural landscapes and forests. Green was contrasted to the smoky grays and blacks of the Industrial Revolution.

The second half of the 19th century saw the use of green in art to create specific emotions, not just to imitate nature. One of the first to make color the central element of his picture was the American artist [[James McNeill Whistler]], who created a series of paintings called "symphonies" or "noctures" of color, including ''Symphony in gray and green; The Ocean'' between 1866 and 1872.

The late 19th century also brought the systematic study of color theory, and particularly the study of how complementary colors such as red and green reinforced each other when they were placed next to each other. These studies were avidly followed by artists such as [[Vincent van Gogh]]. Describing his painting, [[The Night Café|The ''Night Cafe'']], to his brother Theo in 1888, Van Gogh wrote: "I sought to express with red and green the terrible human passions. The hall is blood red and pale yellow, with a green billiard table in the center, and four lamps of lemon yellow, with rays of orange and green. Everywhere it is a battle and antithesis of the most different reds and greens."<ref>Vincent van Gogh, ''Corréspondénce general'', number 533, cited by John Gage, ''Practice and Meaning from Antiquity to Abstraction''.</ref>