Reflecting nature
Chemistry and comprehensibility in Gabriel Lippmann's ‘physical’ method of photographing colours
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20316243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | DANIEL JON MITCHELL (0000-0003-3891-9947, University of Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 319-337 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-9149 • E-ISSN: 1743-0178 |
| Publisher | The Royal Society (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1098/rsnr.2010.0072 |
| OpenAlex | W1977693195 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
The origins of colour photography are typically traced to mid-nineteenth-century ‘three-colour’ processes based on a mixture of three primary colours. At the time, however, images produced by these means were pejoratively labelled ‘photographs in colours’ and not ‘colour photographs’ because they did not result solely from the direct action of light. In 1891, the French physicist Gabriel Lippmann claimed to have developed a direct, ‘physical’ method of colour photography, which the French industrialists Auguste and Louis Lumière subsequently improved. This article charts the rise and fall of so-called ‘interferometric’ colour photography and evaluates Lippmann's suppression of the chemical aspects of his work, in the context of his award of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physics
Action (physics) · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Context (archaeology) · Photography · Physics · Visual arts · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · History · History of Science and Medicine · History of Science and Natural History
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