UID:
kobvindex_INT0001107
Format:
xxxi, 246 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
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illustrations (chiefly colour) ;
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22 x 14 cm.
Edition:
Reprint.
ISBN:
9780486448053 (pbk.)
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0486448053 (pbk.)
Uniform Title:
Zur Farbenlehre.
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE: "In this classic of speculative science, Goethe, the author of Faust and one of the world's greatest thinkers, provides a unique perspective on the nature of color. While not scientifically correct in light of current knowledge, the book is invaluable in its exploration of color, art, aesthetics, and philosophy. Its inimitable prose and stimulating ideas have made it a longtime favorite with intelligent readers."
Note:
EDITORIAL NOTE: this translation originally published: London : John Murray, 1840.
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MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE: The translator's preface -- Preface to the first edition of 1810 -- Introduction -- PHYSIOLOGICAL COLOURS : Effects of light and darkness on the eye ; Effects of black and white objects on the eye ; Grey surfaces and objects ; Dazzling colourless objects ; Coloured objects ; Coloured shadows ; Faint lights ; Subjective halos -- PHYSICAL COLOURS : Dioptrical colours ; Dioptrical colours of the first class ; Dioptrical colours of the second class - refraction ; Refraction without the appearance of colour ; Conditions of the appearance of colour ; Conditions under which the appearance of colour increases ; Explanation of the foregoing phenomena ; Decrease of the appearance of colour ; Grey objects displaced by refraction ; Coloured objects displaced by refraction ; Achromatism and hyperchromatism ; Advantages of subjective experiments - transition to the objective ; Refraction without the appearance of colour ; Conditions of the appearance of colour ; Conditions of the increase of colour ; Explanation of the foregoing phenomena ; Decrease of the appearance of colour ; Grey objects ; Coloured objects ; Achromatism and hyperchromatism ; Combination of subjective and objective experiments ; Transition ; Catoptrical colours ; Paroptical colours ; Epoptical colours -- CHEMICAL COLOURS : Chemical contrast ; White ; Black ; First excitation of colour ; Augmentation of colour ; Culmination ; Fluctuation ; Passage through the whole scale ; Inversion ; Fixation ; Intermixture, real ; Intermixture, apparent ; Communication, actual ; Communication, apparent ; Extraction ; Nomenclature ; Minerals ; Plants ; Worms, insects, fishes ; Birds ; Mammalia and human beings ; Physical and chemical effects of the transmission of light through coloured mediums ; Chemical effect in dioptrical achromatism -- GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS : The facility with which colour appears ; The definite nature of colour ; Combination of the two principles ; Augmentation to red ; Junction of the two augmented extremes ; Completeness : the result of variety in colour ; Harmony of the complete state ; Facility with which colour may be made to tend either to the plus or minus side ; Evanescence of colour ; Permanence of colour -- RELATION TO OTHER PURSUITS : Relation to philosophy ; Relation to mathematics ; Relation to the technical operations of the dyer ; Relation to physiology and pathology ; Relation to natural history ; Relation to general physics ; Relation to theory of music ; Concluding observations on terminology -- EFFECT OF COLOUR WITH REFERENCE TO MORAL ASSOCIATIONS : Yellow ; Red-yellow ; Yellow-red ; Blue ; Red-blue ; Blue-red ; Red ; Green ; Completeness and harmony ; Characteristic combinations ; Yellow and blue ; Yellow and red ; Blue and red ; Yellow-red and blue-red ; Combinations non-characteristic ; Relation of the combinations to light and dark ; Considerations derived from the evidence of experience and history ; Aesthetic influence ; Chiaro-scuro ; Tendency to colour ; Keeping ; Colouring ; Colour in general nature ; Colour of particular objects ; Characteristic colouring ; Harmonious colouring ; Genuine tone ; Weak colouring ; The motley ; Dread of theory ; Ultimate aim ; Grounds ; Pigments ; Allegorical, symbolical, mystical applications of colour ; Concluding observations -- Notes.
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LANGUAGE NOTE: translation of: Zur Farbenlehre. Tübingen : Cotta, 1810.
Language:
English
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