A history of color : the evolution of theories of lights and color / Robert A. Crone.

  • Crone, Robert A. (Robert Arnold)
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[1999], ©1999
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Dordrecht ; Norwell, MA ; London : Kluwer Academic, [1999], ©1999.

Physical description

282 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes

Adaptation of: Licht, kleur, ruimte / Robert A. Crone.
"Reprinted from Documenta Ophthalmologia, vol. 96. no1-3 (1999)."

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-275) and index.

Contents

Ch. I. Color theory in the ancient world -- Ch. II. The Middle Ages -- Ch. III. The Renaissance -- Ch. IV. Light, color and vision during the scientific revolution -- Ch. V. Newton -- Ch. VI. From Newton to Young -- Ch. VII. Classical-romantic color theory in Germany -- Ch. VIII. Disorders of color vision -- Ch. IX. The mixing of colors -- Ch. X. The trichromatic theory -- Ch. XI. Hering's four-color theory -- Ch. XII. Anatomy and physiology of the visual system between 1600 and 1900 -- Ch. XIII. The twentieth century.

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  • 0792355393