I begin by outlining the development of the colour problem in the modern discourse, aiming to show the enduring resistance of the notion of colour as an intrinsic property of the objects, notwithstanding the scientific albeit counter-intuitive explanation of it as a subjective impression caused by a certain degree of refraction of light on the surface of the objects. Then I focus on how a few Presocratic authors as well as Plato in the Timaeus were able to exploit that notion, that to them was obvious, in terms and ways that remain well worthy of attention
Colour is the consequence of a series of inter-related events. The theme's approach will be made und...
In Greek culture, colour is a quality that is closely related to things and cannot be separated from...
The color as structuring material Shapes are stable, whereas colours are elusive. It is well known ...
I begin by outlining the development of the colour problem in the modern discourse, aiming to show t...
The paper examines the question of Plato’s take on colours within the larger and even more controver...
In the surviving fragments of the early Greek philosophers we find evidence both of the awareness of...
For a long time, a tenacious prejudice has cultivated the idea that the West has produced the best w...
This talk focuses on the representation and imaginary perception of colour in the Greco-Roman world....
This chapter explores why the examination of many different aspects of colour has been a prominent f...
Ricostruzione delle teorie della vista e dei colori nel mondo greco, fino ad AristoteleFirst of all,...
The idea that colour can have a psychological impact and in some way influence emotions has specific...
This thesis is an attempt to understand how Romans of the early empire categorised, organised and ap...
This paper discusses some logic and ontological difficulties within colour theory: whether colour is...
- When we speak of the representation of space by means of color, we do not mean one of the many pos...
This paper will review some ways in which colours could have been perceived in the Middle Ages in We...
Colour is the consequence of a series of inter-related events. The theme's approach will be made und...
In Greek culture, colour is a quality that is closely related to things and cannot be separated from...
The color as structuring material Shapes are stable, whereas colours are elusive. It is well known ...
I begin by outlining the development of the colour problem in the modern discourse, aiming to show t...
The paper examines the question of Plato’s take on colours within the larger and even more controver...
In the surviving fragments of the early Greek philosophers we find evidence both of the awareness of...
For a long time, a tenacious prejudice has cultivated the idea that the West has produced the best w...
This talk focuses on the representation and imaginary perception of colour in the Greco-Roman world....
This chapter explores why the examination of many different aspects of colour has been a prominent f...
Ricostruzione delle teorie della vista e dei colori nel mondo greco, fino ad AristoteleFirst of all,...
The idea that colour can have a psychological impact and in some way influence emotions has specific...
This thesis is an attempt to understand how Romans of the early empire categorised, organised and ap...
This paper discusses some logic and ontological difficulties within colour theory: whether colour is...
- When we speak of the representation of space by means of color, we do not mean one of the many pos...
This paper will review some ways in which colours could have been perceived in the Middle Ages in We...
Colour is the consequence of a series of inter-related events. The theme's approach will be made und...
In Greek culture, colour is a quality that is closely related to things and cannot be separated from...
The color as structuring material Shapes are stable, whereas colours are elusive. It is well known ...