Color as a Generative Principle in the Work of Sonia Delaunay - Art historical research – Research summary

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Sonia Delaunay's use of color operates as a generative principle that structures form, rhythm, and perception in ways that are fundamentally distinct from modern algorithmic and AI-based image generation. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Nicholas Van-Orton; NVO987 – Culture Visuelle Moderne et Contemporaine

doi:10.17613/qs22f-va721

September 6, 2026Open Access

Color as a Generative Principle in the Work of Sonia Delaunay - Art historical research – Research summary

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Key Points

To examine how color functions as an active generative element in Sonia Delaunay's art and design, and to evaluate these visual mechanisms in relation to contemporary algorithmic and AI-based image generation.
Analyzed structural relationships among color, form, rhythm, and perception across Delaunay's paintings, textiles, and applied designs.
Conducted comparative theoretical evaluations contrasting Delaunay's compositional generativity with computational and AI image synthesis methods.
Demonstrated that color acts as a foundational structuring force that actively generates form and rhythmic motion rather than functioning as secondary decoration.
Identified conceptual distinctions separating Delaunay's perceptual and embodied visual generativity from mathematical, dataset-driven algorithmic synthesis.

Implication

Art historical analysis reveals generative color principles across Sonia Delaunay's work, distinguishing human visual generativity from algorithmic image generation.

Abstract

The research examines the generative operation of colour in the art of Sonia Delaunay. Through the analysis of painting, textiles and design, it explores the structural relationships between colour, form, rhythm and perception. The research also interprets these relationships from the perspective of digital and AI-based image generation, distinguishing Delaunay's visual generativity from algorithmic image-making.

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Van-Orton et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Color as a Generative Principle in the Work of Sonia Delaunay - Art historical research – Research summary

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Color as a Generative Principle in the Work of Sonia Delaunay - Art historical research – Research summary

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