In this video [4:59] take time with Ad Reinhardt's black canvases and discover the rewards of contemplation. You're looking at one of Ed Reinhardt's black paintings but actually there is no black on this painting. What may first appear as an all over black square, actually is a grid. A three by three grid of well, nine squares and each square contains an intensely deep shade of either red, green or blue.

Concepts

abstract expressionism

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Additional Tags

ad reinhardt, black canvases, khan academy, the painting techniques of ad reinhardt

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)