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By closely following Goethe's explanations of the color phenomena, the reader may become so divorced from the wavelength theory--Goethe never even mentions it--that he may begin to think about color theory relatively unhampered by prejudice, ancient or modern.

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Goethe lleg al color desde el arte. Su inquietud por los efectos crom ticos como recurso art stico lo llev a indagar incansablemente en el enigma del color y culmin en la elaboraci n de uno de los tratados cient ficos m s importantes de la teor a del color que rebat... Read Full Overview

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Goethe's Theory of Colors: With Notes (1840) is a book written by the famous German writer and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. In this book, Goethe explores the nature of color and light, and presents his theory of how colors are perceived by the human eye. Goethe's theory... Read Full Overview

Goethe's Theory of Colors is a book written by the famous German writer and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1840. The book is a comprehensive exploration of the nature of colors and their effects on human perception. Goethe's theory of colors is unique in that it is... Read Full Overview

The book "" Goethe's Theory of Colours "" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole... Read Full Overview

Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Zur Farbenlehre Anzeige und bersicht des Goethischen Werkes zur Farbenlehre: Selbstanzeige. Erstdruck in: Morgenblatt f r gebildete St nde, 6. Juni 1810 Zur Farbenlehre. Didaktischer Teil: Erstdruck in: Zur Farbenlehre, 1. Bd., Stuttgart 1808. Materialien... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

First published in German in 1810, this detailed volume was translated from the German by Charles Lock Eastlake and, in six parts, examines every aspect of Goethe's theory of colours, including psychological colours, chemical colours, the moral effect of colour, minerals,... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

The desire of knowledge is first stimulated in us when remarkable phenomena attract our attention. In order that this attention be continued, it is necessary that we should feel some interest in exercising it, and thus by degrees we become better acquainted with the object of... Read Full Overview

The desire of knowledge is first stimulated in us when remarkable phenomena attract our attention. In order that this attention be continued, it is necessary that we should feel some interest in exercising it, and thus by degrees we become better acquainted with the object of... Read Full Overview

The desire of knowledge is first stimulated in us when remarkable phenomena attract our attention. In order that this attention be continued, it is necessary that we should feel some interest in exercising it, and thus by degrees we become better acquainted with the object of... Read Full Overview

Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Zur Farbenlehre Lesefreundlicher Gro druck in 16-pt-Schrift Gro format, 210 x 297 mm Berliner Ausgabe, 2019 Durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor Borken Anzeige und bersicht des Goethischen Werkes zur Farbenlehre: Selbstanzeige... Read Full Overview

Theory of Colours is a book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe about the poet's views on the nature of colours and how these are perceived by humans. Published in 1810, it contains detailed descriptions of phenomena such as coloured shadows, refraction, and chromatic aberration. The... Read Full Overview

We naturally place these colours first, because they belong altogether, or in a great degree, to the subject to the eye itself. They are the foundation of the whole doctrine, and open to our view the chromatic harmony on which so much difference of opinion has existed. They have... Read Full Overview