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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Tanja C. Kleinwächter , Sarah Lowengard , Friedrich SteinlePublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG Edition: 1st ed. 2023 Volume: 244 Weight: 0.489kg ISBN: 9783031349553ISBN 10: 3031349555 Pages: 201 Publication Date: 05 October 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction Kleinwächter, Tanja, Sarah Lowengard and Friedrich Steinle.- Part I Ordering Systems and Standards.- 2 The shape of colour order systems and the evolution of colour theory Caivano, José Luis.- 3 Materialization of vision - Colour standards in the early sciences as a practice transfer from the arts and handicrafts Karliczek, André.- Part II Visual Studies to Prove a Theory.- 4. Jacob Christoff Le Blon and Trichromatic printing: A tale of five cities Stijnman, Ad.- 5. Colour theory by Mikhail Lomonosov: From dyes and mosaics to a trichromatic idea Stanulevich, Nadezhda.- 6. Schiffermüller and Newton in sinter united - Franz Uibelakers two-colour theory (1781) Kleinwächter, Tanja.- Part III Objects in Colours/Objects and Colours.- 7. Calau’s Punic Wax, Lambert’s Farbenpyramide (1772), and prefabricated watercolour cakes Simonini, Giulia.- 8. Testing ground: Colour samples in European porcelain manufactories Szalay, Gabriella.- 9 Fighting for the best pigment! Academic colour discourses in Kassel during the 19thcentury Mävers, Sophie-Luise.- General Bibliography.- Index of Names.- General Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationTanja C. Kleinwächter studied history of science and technology as well as gender studies (Technische Universität and Humboldt Universität Berlin). Currently she is a PhD candidate at the Dept. for History of Science, TU Berlin. She was part of the project The Order of Colours. Colour Systems and Colour Reference Systems in 18th Century Europe, funded by German Research Foundation. Before embarking on the PhD she undertook research on Christian Friedrich Prangens der Weltweisheit und freyen Künste Magister Farbenlexicon (Interdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies, MLU Halle,) as well as on Circles, Triangles, and Tables: European Colour Systematization in Science, Economy, and Art from ca 1720 to ca 1810 (Dept. of History of Science, TU Berlin). Sarah Lowengard is a historian of technology and sciences whose research focuses on practical and philosophical engagements with colour in the early modern West: Her special expertise is the materials sciences of material culture in the 18th century. An artisan colourmaker and art conservator as well as an award-winning historian, Lowengard resides in New York City. Friedrich Steinle is Professor of History of Science at Technische Universität Berlin. His research focuses on the history and philosophy of experiment, on the history of colour research, the history of electricity, and on the dynamics of scientific concepts. His books include Newton’s Manuskript ‘De gravitatione’ (1991) and Exploratory Experiments. Ampère, Faraday, and the origins of electrodynamics (2016). He is coeditor of Scientific concepts and investigative practice (2012, with U. Feest), Colour Histories. Science, art, and technology in the 17th and 18th centuries (2015, with M. Bushart) and of Die Farben der Klassik (2016, with M. Dönike and J. Müller-Tamm). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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