A History of Color
The Evolution of Theories of Light and Color
Authors: Crone, Robert A.
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This is the first comprehensive text on the history of color theories since Halbertsma's book of 1947. Color is discussed in close connection with the evolution of ideas of light and vision. The book has chapters on the ancient Greek ideas of vision and color; on the contributions of Arabic science; on the Scientific Revolution from Kepler to Newton; on the early history of the three-color hypothesis; on the trichromatic theory and defective color vision; and on Goethe's, Schopenhauer's and Hering's theories. New understanding of the structure and functions of the retina and the brain finally results in the modern science of color vision.
A History of Color has been written for ophthalmologists, optometrists and others who are interested in visual science and its history. The book requires no specialized knowledge.
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Color theory in the ancient world
Pages 3-16
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The Middle Ages
Pages 17-34
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The Renaissance
Pages 35-49
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Light, color and vision during the scientific revolution
Pages 50-76
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Newton
Pages 77-87
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- A History of Color
- Book Subtitle
- The Evolution of Theories of Light and Color
- Authors
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- Robert A. Crone
- Copyright
- 1999
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-007-0870-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-007-0870-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-015-3941-8
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- 292
- Number of Illustrations
- 29 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
- Topics
