One of the earliest formal explorations of color theory came from an unlikely source the German poet, artist, and politician Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who in 1810 publishedTheory of Colours (public library; public domain), his treatise on the nature, function, and psychology of colors. MIT Press, Sep 11, 2009 - Science - 156 pages. Goethe's influential text, newly illustrated with stunning color photographs. The Metamorphosis of Plants, published in 1790, was Goethe's first major attempt to describe what he called in a letter to a friend “the truth about the how of the organism.”. Inspired by the diversity of flora he Steiner also completed a study of Goethe’s morphological writings, and was in Weimar between 1890 and 1897 to contribute to the publishing of Goethe’s complete works. During that time, he was also responsible for publishing the Colour Theory, for which he composed a preface and edited the notes. The German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe considered his monumental book known in English as The Theory of Colours to be his greatest achievement. Goethe’s colour wheel, 1809 Most self-respecting books about colour mention Goethe sooner or later. Those references are simply the continued reverberations of his work, from when it was written in 1810 to the present day, and they retroactively provide the uninitiated reader with a context for his theory and the motivation to peruse it. J. K. Stieler, 1828. Goethe was born on August 28, 1749, in Frankfurt, Germany, to a lawyer and the daughter of the mayor of Frankfurt. He studied law in Leipzig and Strasbourg (France). Based on his early fame as a poet and novelist, Goethe, at age 26, was invited by the 18-year-old Duke of Sachsen-Weimar to join his court as an advisor. Remarks on Colour / Bemerkungen über die Farben. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Per maggiori approfondimenti vedi: McGinn, Marie 1991. Wittgenstein’s Remarks on Colour. Philosophy, 66 (258): 435–453. 10 [3] Goethe, Johann Wolfgang 1974. Goethe Farbenlehre. Zur Farbenlehre by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1970, M.I.T. Press edition, in English Theory of colours. by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 0 Ratings 17 Want to read; .

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