Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Goethe's Theory of Colours (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

By the time Goethe's Theory of Colours appeared in 1810, the wavelength theory of light and colour 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 colour. 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 colour and philosophical ideas; for an insight into early nineteenth-century beliefs and modes of thought; and for the flavour of life in Europe just after the American and French Revolutions. (Goodreads)

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OTB eBook publishing
• Seitenzahl: 235
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783962723248
• Artikelnr.: 52466665

Autorenporträt

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; (28 August 1749 ¿ 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His works include four novels; epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; and treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour. In addition, there are numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him extant. (Wikipedia)

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Physiological Colours. 1. Effects of Light and Darkness on the Eye.
2. Effects of Black and White Objects on the Eye. 3. Grey Surfaces and
Objects. 4. Dazzling Colourless Objects. 5. Coloured Objects. 6. Coloured
Shadows. 7. Faint Lights. 8. Subjective Halos. Part II. Physical Colours.
9. Dioptrical Colours. 10. Dioptrical Colours of the First Class. 11.
Dioptrical Colours of the Second Class - Refraction. 12. Refraction without
the Appearance of Colour. 13. Conditions of the Appearance of Colour. 14.
Conditions under which the Appearance of Colour Increases. 15. Explanation
of the Foregoing Phenomena. 16. Decrease of the Appearance of Colour. 17.
Grey Objects Displaced by Refraction. 18. Coloured Objects Displaced by
Refraction. 19. Achromatism and Hyperchromatism. 20. Advantages of
Subjective Experiments - Transition to the Objective. 21. Refraction
without the Appearance of Colour. 22. Conditions of the Appearance of
Colour. 23. Conditions of the Increase of Colour. 24. Explanation of the
Foregoing Phenomena. 25. Decrease of the Appearance of Colour. 26. Grey
Objects. 27. Coloured Objects. 28. Achromatism and Hyperchromatism. 29.
Combination of Subjective and Objective Experiments. 30. Transition. 31.
Catoptrical Colours. 32. Paroptical Colours. 33. Epoptical Colours. Part
III. Chemical Colours. 34. Chemical Contrast. 35. White. 36. Black. 37.
First Excitation of Colour. 38. Augmentation of Colour. 39. Culmination.
40. Fluctuation. 41. Passage through the Whole Scale. 42. Inversion. 43.
Fixation. 44. Intermixture, Real. 45. Intermixture, Apparent. 46.
Communication, Actual. 47. Communication, Apparent. 48. Extraction. 49.
Nomenclature. 50. Minerals. 51. Plants. 52. Worms, Insects, Fishes. 53.
Birds. 54. Mammalia and Human Beings. 55. Physical and Chemical Effects of
the Transmission of Light through Coloured Mediums. 56. Chemical Effect in
Dioptrical Achromatism. Part IV. General Characteristics. Part V. Relation
to Other Pursuits. Part VI. Effect of Colour with Reference to Moral
Associations.