Article ID: CBB001510326

The Beginning of the Chromatics in Islamic Civilization up to the End of the 6th Century AH (2011)

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Marasy, Mohsen (Author)


Tarikh-e Elm (The Iranian Journal for the History of Science)
Volume: 8, no.1
Issue: 1
Pages: 53-72


Publication Date: 2011
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Persian.
Language: Persian

From bygone to now, Colors are aspects of nature that have been regarded scientists. In ancient Greece, essence of color and its relationship with light and vision in Natural Philosophy and especially Optics has been studied. Results of Greek thinkers in the field Chromatics, from Pythagoras to Aristotle through of translating scientific and philosophical texts, received to Muslim scholars and have been improved. Among Muslim scholars until the end of the sixth century AH, theories of intellectuals like Al-Kindi, Ayub Surrey, Ikhwan al-Safa, Ibn Hytham, Avicenna, Suhrawardi and Neyshabori are considerable. Review theories of these scientists show that Chromatics in the Muslim world strongly influenced by the Greeks knowledge and especially Aristotle. These theories have been discussed relationship of light and colors, essence of colors, color mixing and identify the main colors.

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Authors & Contributors
Smith, A. Mark
Soheyla Pazari
Akbari, Marjan
Stuckrad, Kocku von
Retucci, Fiorella
Raizman-Kedar, Yael
Concepts
Optics
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Light
Physics
Philosophy
Color theory
Time Periods
Medieval
Ancient
13th century
Early modern
18th century
17th century
Places
Greece
Europe
Germany
Rome (Italy)
Iran
Institutions
Ikhwān al-Ṣafā (Brethren of Purity)
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