Three Hundred Years Ago Isaac Newton Showed That White Light Is Composed Of All The Colours Of The Spectrum - Yet Does This Provide Us With Insight Into Our Own Personal Experience Of Colour Sensation? To Approach Such A Conundrum, This Volume Gathers The Combined Knowledge Of Physics, Biology, History And Art. It Provides An Exploration Of Colour, From The Diverse Perspectives Of Experts In Eight Different Fields Of Study. Their Essays Take Us On A Journey Through Both The Sciences And The Arts, To Give A Full And Rewarding View Of Colour. The History Of Colour In Art / David Bomford -- Colour For The Painter / Bridget Riley -- Light And Colour / Malcolm Longair -- Colour Mechanisms Of The Eye / Denis Baylor -- Seeing Colour / John Mollon -- Colour In Nature / Peter Parks -- Colour And Culture / John Gage -- Colour In Language / John Lyons. Edited By Trevor Lamb And Janine Bourriau. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
Categories:
- Science & Math
- Physics
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Author :
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :1995-04-28
Number Of Pages : 243
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0521499631
ISBN-13 : 9780521499637
Item weight : 1.29 lb
Dimensions : 0.58 in x 6.85 in x 9.69 in
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