Colour
Subtitle: Art and Science (Darwin College Lectures)
Contributors: Trevor Lamb (Editor); Janine Bourriau (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 28, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780521496452
Subjects: Optics (light); Popular science; Light; Color In Art Media; Science (Specific Aspects); Technology; Art & Art Instruction; Science/Mathematics; Criticism; Technology / General; Color; General
First sentence: It is almost impossible for us to know just how colourful the art of the past was.
Description: 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.