Painting, Science, and the Perception of Coloured Shadows: 'The Most Beautiful Blue'

by Paul Smith

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138488097
• ISBN13: 9781138488090
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages