Painting, Science, and the Perception of Coloured Shadows: ‘The Most Beautiful Blue’ (Science and the Arts since 1750)

By: Paul Smith

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Synopsis: Many artists and scientists – including Buffon, Goethe, and Philipp Otto Runge – who observed the vividly coloured shadows that appear outdoors around dawn and dusk, or indoors when a candle burns under waning daylight, chose to describe their colours as ‘beautiful’. Paul Smith explains what makes these ephemeral effects worthy of such appreciation – or how depictions of coloured shadows have genuine aesthetic and epistemological significance. This multidisciplinary book synthesises methodologies drawn from art history (close pictorial analysis), psychology and neuroscience (theories of colour constancy), history of science (the changing paradigms used to explain coloured shadows), and philosophy (theories of perception and aesthetic value drawn from Wittgenstein and Merleau-Ponty). This title will be of interest to scholars in art history, art theory, and the history of science and technology.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 176 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781351042000
Related ISBNs:: 9781351042024, 9781138488090, 9781351041997, 9780367716424, 9781351042017
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 05/22/24
Copyrighted By:: Taylor & Francis. The right of Paul Smith to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with sections
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Science, Art and Architecture, Health, Mind and Body, Education, Philosophy
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.