Goethe's Theory of Colour (eBook)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
358 Seiten
Read Books Ltd. (Verlag)
9781528799935 (ISBN)

Infos

A groundbreaking text on colour theory, Goethe's seminal work challenges Newtonian theories to explore the human experience and subjective nature of colour.

First published in 1810 as Zur Farbenlehre, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's classic work took a pioneering approach to colour science, exploring the interplay of light and shadow, the emotional effects of colours and their dynamic relationships. Thoroughly detailed and highly illustrated, The Theory of Colour laid the foundation for modern understanding, with Goethe producing the universal colour wheel that is still referenced today.

Its contents include:

• Effects of Light and Darkness on the Eye


• Dazzling Colourless Objects


• Conditions of the Appearance of Colour


• Achromatism and Hyperchromatism


• Augmentation of Colour


• Physical and Chemical Effects of the Transmission of Light through Coloured Mediums


• Relation to Natural History


• Allegorical, Symbolical, Mystical Application of Colour

Though initially controversial, Goethe's insights have profoundly impacted art and science, influencing figures like Wassily Kandinsky and the Bauhaus School. This facsimile edition faithfully reproduces Goethe's original text and illustrations. The Theory of Colours remains essential for anyone interested in the intersection of art, science, and the multifaceted world of colour.

Inhalt

Contents:

1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe—A Biography


2. Goethe’s Farbenlehre—A Critique by Professor John Tyndall


3. The Psychology of Colour by Bonnie E. Snow


4. Effects of Light and Darkness on the Eye


5. Effects of Black and White Objects on the Eye


6. Grey Surfaces and Objects


7. Dazzling Colourless Objects


8. Coloured Objects


9. Coloured Shadows


10. Faint Lights


11. Subjective Halos


12. Pathological Colours—Appendix


13. Dioptrical Colours


14. Dioptrical Colours of the First Class


15. Dioptrical Colours of the Second Class—Refraction


16. Subjective Experiments


17. Refraction without the Appearance of Colour


18. Conditions of the Appearance of Colour


19. Conditions under which the Appearance of Colour Increases


20. Explanation of the Foregoing Phenomena


21. Decrease of the Appearance of Colour


22. Grey Objects Displaced by Refraction


23. Coloured Objects Displaced by Refraction


24. Achromatism and Hyperchromatism


25. Advantages of Subjective Experiments—Transition to the Objective


26. Objective Experiments


27. Refraction without the Appearance of Colour


28. Conditions of the Appearance of Colour


29. Conditions of the Increase of Colour


30. Explanation of the foregoing Phenomena


31. Decrease of the Appearance of Colour


32. Grey Objects


33. Coloured Objects


34. Achromatism and Hyperchromatism


35. Combination of Subjective and Objective


36. Experiments


37. Transition


38. Catoptrical Colours


39. Paroptical Colours


40. Epoptical Colours


41. Chemical Contrast


42. White


43. Black


44. First Excitation of Colour


45. Augmentation of Colour


46. Culmination


47. Fluctuation


48. Passage through the Whole Scale


49. Inversion


50. Fixation


51. Intermixture, Real


52. Intermixture, Apparent


53. Communication, Actual


54. Communication, Apparent


55. Extraction


56. Nomenclature


57. Minerals


58. Plants


59. Worms, Insects, Fishes


60. Birds


61. Mammalia and Human Beings


62. Physical and Chemical Effects of the Transmission of Light through Coloured Mediums


63. Chemical Effect in Dioptrical Achromatism

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.8.2024
• Übersetzer: Charles Lock Eastlake
• Zusatzinfo: Colour
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
• Schlagworte: art instruction text practice scheme manual guide • combination coloring aesthetic history students • composition abstract farbenlehre painting artist • decorating harmony designers technique expressions • expressionism colours interaction theories newton • reference essential chevreul artist rood ogden zur • techniques colors classic theory wheel theorists
• ISBN-13: 9781528799935 / 9781528799935