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Painting, Science, and the Perception of Coloured Shadows: 'The Most Beautiful Blue'

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Painting, Science, and the Perception of Coloured Shadows: 'The Most Beautiful Blue' - Smith, Paul
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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 ...

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Painting, Science, and the Perception of Coloured Shadows: 'The Most Beautiful Blue' 2024, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780367716424

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Painting, Science, and the Perception of Coloured Shadows: 'The Most Beautiful Blue' 2021, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9781138488090

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