On Vision and Colors by Arthur Schopenhauer and Color Sphere by Philipp Otto Runge

On Vision and Colors by Arthur Schopenhauer and Color Sphere by Philipp Otto Runge by Stahl, Georg. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781568987910.

During the first two decades of the nineteenth century, two of the most significant theoretical works on color since Leonardo da Vincis Trattato della Pittura were written and published in Germany: Arthur Schopenhauers On Vision and Colors and Philipp Otto Runges Color Sphere. For Schopenhauer, vision is wholly subjective in nature and characterized by processes that cross over into the territory of philosophy. Runges Color Sphere and essay "The Duality of Color" contained one of the first attempts to depict a comprehensive and harmonious color system in three dimensions. Runge intended his color sphere to be understood not as a product of art, but rather as a "mathematical figure of various philosophical reflections." By bringing these two visionary color theories together within a broad theoretical context philosophy, art, architecture, and design this volume uncovers their enduring influence on our own perception of color and the visual world around us.