Seeing Colour: A Journey Through Goethe's World of Colour [Foreword by Arthur Zajonc -- Introduction -- 1. Sight and Image -- 2. Colours Arising From the Eye -- 3. Colours Arising From Colourless Media -- 4. Colours Arising From Coloured Media -- 5. The Complementarity of Colour Experiments -- 6. Sight and Coloured Light -- 7. The Order of Colours -- Conclusion -- The Experiment As Mediator Between Object and Subject by J. W. von Goethe -- A Bibliographical Essay on Goethean Approaches to Colour Science -- Acknowledgements -- Picture Credits -- Endnotes -- Index]

Lobe, Nora; Rang, Matthias; Vine, Troy

ISBN 10: 1782507809 / ISBN 13: 9781782507802

Edité par Floris Books, Edinburgh, 2022, 2023

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1 volume : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm ; ISBN 9781782507802, 1782507809 ; OCLC 1302987008 ; color illustrated stiff paper wrappers ; Contents Foreword by Arthur Zajonc -- Introduction -- 1. Sight and Image -- 2. Colours Arising From the Eye -- 3. Colours Arising From Colourless Media -- 4. Colours Arising From Coloured Media -- 5. The Complementarity of Colour Experiments -- 6. Sight and Coloured Light -- 7. The Order of Colours -- Conclusion -- The Experiment As Mediator Between Object and Subject by J. W. von Goethe -- A Bibliographical Essay on Goethean Approaches to Colour Science -- Acknowledgements -- Picture Credits -- Endnotes -- Index ; Colour is everywhere. From blue skies to red sunsets, from the first flowers in spring to the blazing leaves of autumn. But what is the nature of colour? Scientific books present a variety of mechanical explanations but this approach leaves colour as a whole unexplained. In the nineteenth century, the German poet and scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe investigated a wide range of colour phenomena and discovered the underlying principles that govern colour itself. This lavishly illustrated book brings Goethe's pioneering research up to date. Through descriptions of simple observations and ingenious experiments, the reader will discover a series of colour phenomena that includes afterimages, coloured shadows, colour mixing, and prismatic and polarisation colours. Seeing Colour is a thought-provoking read for colour enthusiasts and experts alike, and an accessible route to a new way of seeing colour. ; A thought-provoking read for color enthusiasts and experts alike, and an accessible route to a new way of seeing color. Features a Foreword by renowned physicist Arthur Zajonc. Color is everywhere. From blue skies to red sunsets, from the first flowers in spring to the blazing leaves of fall. But what is the nature of color? Scientific books present a variety of mechanical explanations but this approach leaves color as a whole unexplained. In the nineteenth century, the German poet and scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe investigated a wide range of color phenomena and discovered the underlying principles that govern color itself. This lavishly illustrated book brings Goethe's pioneering research up to date. Through descriptions of simple observations and ingenious experiments, the reader will discover a series of color phenomena that includes afterimages, colored shadows, color mixing, and prismatic and polarization colors. ; AS NEW.

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• Titre: Seeing Colour: A Journey Through Goethe's World of Colour [Foreword by Arthur Zajonc -- Introduction -- 1. Sight and Image -- 2. Colours Arising From the Eye -- 3. Colours Arising From Colourless Media -- 4. Colours Arising From Coloured Media -- 5. The Complementarity of Colour Experiments -- 6. Sight and Coloured Light -- 7. The Order of Colours -- Conclusion -- The Experiment As Mediator Between Object and Subject by J. W. von Goethe -- A Bibliographical Essay on Goethean Approaches to ...
• Éditeur: Floris Books, Edinburgh, 2022
• Date de parution: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1782507809
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781782507802
• Reliure: Soft cover
• État de l'article: As New
• Type de livre: Book

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A thought-provoking read for color enthusiasts and experts alike, and an accessible route to a new way of seeing color. Features a Foreword by renowned physicist Arthur Zajonc.

Color is everywhere. From blue skies to red sunsets, from the first flowers in spring to the blazing leaves of fall. But what is the nature of color? Scientific books present a variety of mechanical explanations but this approach leaves color as a whole unexplained. In the nineteenth century, the German poet and scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe investigated a wide range of color phenomena and discovered the underlying principles that govern color itself.

This lavishly illustrated book brings Goethe's pioneering research up to date. Through descriptions of simple observations and ingenious experiments, the reader will discover a series of color phenomena that includes afterimages, colored shadows, color mixing, and prismatic and polarization colors.

À propos des auteurs

Nora Lobe studied painting in Dortmund, Germany and in Dornach, Switzerland before developing and building touring exhibitions on Goethe's theory of color. She is currently a freelance artist and also works at the Swiss Science Centre Technorama in Zurich, Switzerland.

Matthias Rang studied physics in Freiburg, Germany and Berlin before becoming a visiting researcher in the field of nano-optics at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. He received a PhD from the University of Wuppertal, Germany and carries out research on Goethe's theory of color in relation to physical optics at the Goetheanum, Switzerland, where he currently co-leads the Natural Science Section.

Troy Vine completed a PhD in particle physics at University College London with research undertaken at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois, USA. He is currently doing a PhD in philosophy at the Humboldt University of Berlin with a thesis focussing on methodology and ontology in the color investigations of Descartes, Newton, Goethe and Wittgenstein. Vine is currently an Associate Researcher at The Field Centre, near Stroud, UK.