The Library

Five years before Goethe, there was Mary Gartside and her privately published colour manual: “An Essay on Light & Shade” (1805) 🎨 

Using her medium of watercolor to engage with contemporary colour debates, Gartside bridged the gap between the Newton’s scientific approach & Goethe’s phenomenological approach

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𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑒 • https://bio.site/miaforrest

Really interesting @miaforrest, thanks for sharing 🙏 Filling quite a knowledge gap, only familar with the big names as regards "the history of color".

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Yeah! I’ll post next on another wonderful woman