The Dynamic Polarity of Romantic Light
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9854872 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Antje Pfannkuchen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 355-367 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Germanic Review Literature Culture Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-8890 • E-ISSN: 1930-6962 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00168890.2017.1370947 |
| OpenAlex | W2765189940 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
This article studies how Johann Wilhelm Ritter proved that a specifically German Romantic approach turned a scientific impasse in the study of light into a new beginning. Ritter's thinking of polarity transcended a simple binarity and began the scientific formalization of invisible light. Seeing affinities where others could not, he projected ultraviolet radiation after William Herschel's discovery of infrared and, in the process, filtered a scientific concept of polarity through a philosophically Romantic lens, which allowed him to see experimental structures more clearly
Art · Art history · Cognitive science · German · Literature · Polarity (international relations · Romance · Chemistry · Historical and Literary Studies · History of Science and Natural History · Philosophy · Psychology · Visual Culture and Art Theory
Forms
Das Leben des Physikers Johann Wilhelm Ritter
XIII. Investigation of the powers of the prismatic colours to heat and illuminate objects; with remarks, that prove the different refrangibility of radiant heat. To which is added, an inquiry into the method of viewing the sun advantageously, with telescopes of large apertures and high magnifying powers
Notes for a Romantic Encyclopaedia
A Matter of Visibility—G. Chr. Lichtenberg’s Art and Science of Observation
Thomas Young's Musical Optics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |