Goethe's colour theory.

Matthaei, Rupprecht edit.,

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Contributions to optics -- Announcement of a thesis on color -- Why the contributions to optics were discontinued -- The derivation of the color wheel from Goethe's prism experiments -- The nature of prismatic colors -- The reconstruction of Goethe's color wheel -- The significance of Goethe's color wheel -- Goethe's reflections on method -- Precautions for the observer -- The pure phenomenon -- Quotations from the introduction to Die Propyläen -- Introduction to the lectures on physics -- The color theory -- Preface to the first edition of 1810 -- Physiological colors -- Physical colors -- Entoptic colors -- Chemical colors -- General introspective views -- Adjacent relationships -- Sensual and moral effects of color -- The eye -- Confessions of the author -- Letter to Josef Karl Stieler -- Gentle Xenien VI -- Legacy -- List of Goethe's writings on color theory -- Charles Eastlake's 1820 translation of the "didactic part" of the color theory. Translation of Goethes Farbenlehre./ "Charles Eastlake's 1820 translation of the 'didactic part' of the color theory. l Studio Vista. London 1971. Cloth without dustjacket. 275 pp. Good condition.

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• Title: Goethe's colour theory.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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