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Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1840
Goethe S Theory Of Colours written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1840 with Art categories.
This work by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was translated into English in 1840 by Sir Charles Eastlake (1793-1865), painter and later keeper of the National Gallery. Goethe's 1810 work was rejected by many contemporary scientists because it appeared to contradict the physical laws laid down by Newton. However, its focus on the human perception of the colour spectrum, as opposed to the observable optical phenomenon, was attractive to, and influential upon, artists and philosophers. As Eastlake says in his preface, the work's dismissal on scientific grounds had caused 'a well-arranged mass of observations and experiments, many of which are important and interesting', to be overlooked. Eastlake also puts Goethe's work into its aesthetic and scientific context and describes its original reception. His clear translation of Goethe's observations and experiments on colour and light will appeal to anyone interested in our responses to art.
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Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
language : en
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Release Date : 1840
Theory Of Colours written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1840 with Architecture categories.
By closely following Goethe's explanations of the color phenomena, the reader may become so divorced from the wavelength theory—Goethe never even mentions it—that he may begin to think about color theory relatively unhampered by prejudice, ancient or modern. By the time Goethe's Theory of Colours appeared in 1810, the wavelength theory of light and color had been firmly established. To Goethe, the theory was the result of mistaking an incidental result for an elemental principle. Far from pretending to a knowledge of physics, he insisted that such knowledge was an actual hindrance to understanding. He based his conclusions exclusively upon exhaustive personal observation of the phenomena of color. Of his own theory, Goethe was supremely confident: “From the philosopher, we believe we merit thanks for having traced the phenomena of colours to their first sources, to the circumstances under which they appear and are, and beyond which no further explanation respecting them is possible.” Goethe's scientific conclusions have, of course, long since been thoroughly demolished, but the intelligent reader of today may enjoy this work on quite different grounds: for the beauty and sweep of his conjectures regarding the connection between color and philosophical ideas; for an insight into early nineteenth-century beliefs and modes of thought; and for the flavor of life in Europe just after the American and French Revolutions. The book does not have to be studied to be appreciated. Goethe's subjective theory of colors permits him to speak most persuasively of color harmony and aesthetics. In some readers these notions will evoke a positive response on their merits. Others may regard them as pure fantasy, but savor the grace and style of their exposition. The work may also be read as an accurate guide to the study of color phenomena. Goethe's conclusions have been repudiated, but no one quarrels with his reporting of the facts to be observed. With simple objects—vessels, prisms, lenses, and the like—the reader will be led through a demonstration course not only in subjectively produced colors, but also in the observable physical phenomena of color. By closely following Goethe's explanations of the color phenomena, the reader may become so divorced from the wavelength theory—Goethe never even mentions it—that he may begin to think about color theory relatively unhampered by prejudice, ancient or modern.
Goethe S Theory Of Colours
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Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
language : en
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Release Date : 1840
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Author : Charles Lock Eastlake
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2020-08-03
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Reproduction of the original: Goethe's Theory of Colours by Charles Lock Eastlake
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Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
language : en
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Release Date : 2019-09-24
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Theory of Colours is a book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe about the poet's views on the nature of colours and how these are perceived by humans. It was published in German in 1810 and in English in 1840.
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Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-10-30
Goethe S Theory Of Colours written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-30 with Philosophy categories.
First published in German in 1810, this detailed volume was translated from the German by Charles Lock Eastlake and, in six parts, examines every aspect of Goethe’s theory of colours, including psychological colours, chemical colours, the moral effect of colour, minerals, plants, insects, mammals and a multitude of further subjects.
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Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
language : en
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Release Date : 1967
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Goethe S Theory Of Colours
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Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1840
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Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012-03-13
Theory Of Colours written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-13 with Art categories.
The author of Faust provides a unique perspective on the nature of color, compensating for his scientific inaccuracy with inimitable prose and stimulating ideas.
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language : en
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Release Date : 1970
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