Colour Mixtures According to Democritus and Plato
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10285394 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Struycken Struycken (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 273-305 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mnemosyne (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-7074 • E-ISSN: 1568-525X |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852503768181040 |
| OpenAlex | W1978148485 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
Attempts to explain the colour blends described by Democritus and Plato in terms of the pigments used by painters fail. Scholars as a rule have refrained from tackling this problem. The present paper, taking up a suggestion of Walter Kranz, argues that the colour blends of these two philosophers pertain to a broad spectrum of natural phenomena and processes
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Broad spectrum · Epistemology · Literature · Natural (archaeology · Painting · Physics · Spectrum (functional analysis · Theoretical physics · Chemistry · Color perception and design · History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2015 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |