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‘The most beautiful blue’ : painting, science, and the perception of coloured shadows
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Smith, Paul (2018) ‘The most beautiful blue’ : painting, science, and the perception of coloured shadows. British Journal of Aesthetics, 58 (4). pp. 401-421. doi:10.1093/aesthj/ayy030 ISSN 0007-0904.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayy030
Abstract
This article examines first of all how painters’ ability to perceive transient coloured shadows was both facilitated, and impoverished, by scientific theories of their causes. It then investigates how developing techniques of viewing the scene through a frame or half-closed eyes allowed artists to apprehend these elusive phenomena in something approaching their full richness.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > ND Painting | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History of Art | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Shades and shadows in art, Painting, Color | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Aesthetics | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0007-0904 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 18 December 2018 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 58 | ||||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 401-421 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/aesthj/ayy030 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 August 2018 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 October 2020 | ||||||||
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