Painting, Science, and the Perception of Coloured Shadows

'The Most Beautiful Blue'
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-138-48809-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 598 g

Reihe: Science and the Arts since 1750

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Paul (University of Warwick)

Smith, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Geschichte der Kunstwissenschaft und Kunstkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Malerei: Gemälde
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttechniken & Prinzipien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Science 2. Light and Dark 3. Physics 4. Contrast 5. Constancy 6. The Criterion 7. Aesthetic Value 8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Smith is Professor of History of Art at the University of Warwick.