Bibliography: p. 205-206. Translation of Goethes Farbenlehre. "Charles Eastlake's 1820 translation of the 'didactic part' of the color theory. A complete facsimile reproduction from the edition of 1840": p. 209-275.
In 1791, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe announced the identification of magenta, an extra-spectral colour, in Beyträge zur Optik (Contributions to Optics). This colour was visible at the centre of the so-called ‘inverted spectrum,’ produced through the inversion of light and shadow within the optical arrangement, revealing complementary colours to the ordinary spectrum (fig. 1).
PROSERPINA (1875–1886) John Ruskin , Edward Tyas Cook and Alexander Wedderburn. The Works of John Ruskin. Published online: 1 March 2011. Chapter. The Natural History of Birds. Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and William Smellie. The Natural History of Birds.
Theory of Colours (original German title, Zur Farbenlehre) is a book published by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1810. It contains some of the earliest and most accurate descriptions of coloured shadows, refraction, dioptrical colours, and achromatism / hyperchromatism. A number of philosophers and physicists, including Arthur Schopenhauer
Description. Though best known for his superlative poetry and plays, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) also produced a sizable body of scientific work that focused on such diverse topics as plants, color, clouds, weather, and geology. Goethe's way of science is highly unusual because it seeks to draw together the intuitive awareness of art
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