Theory of Colours
$54.54
- Paperback
468 pages
- Release Date
15 March 1970
Summary
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 su…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262570213 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262570211 |
| Author: | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Charles Lock Eastlake, Deane B. Judd |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 468 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 15 March 1970 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 133mm x 203mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
Critics Review
“Can you lend me The Theory of Colours for a few weeks? It is an important work. His latest things are insipid.” Ludwig van Beethoven , Conversation-book, 1820
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), a towering figure in German literature, was the author of The Sorrows of Young Werther, Faust, Italian Journey, The Theory of Colours, and many other works.
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