| Vorschule Der Aesthetik Contributor(s): Fechner, Gustav Theodor (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108062210 ISBN-13: 9781108062213 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $46.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: German Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.92 lbs) 330 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Although Gustav Theodor Fechner (1801-87) had studied medicine at the University of Leipzig, he never practised as a doctor. In the 1820s he published satirical evaluations of the medical science of the day under the pseudonym 'Dr Mises' and supplemented his income by translating chemistry and physics texts. Increasingly he focused his studies on mathematics and physics, and the physical and physiological became recurrent themes in his work. With the publication of his Elemente der Psychophysik (1860), Fechner not only established the foundations of psychophysics as a field of research, but also pioneered much experimental psychology. This two-volume second edition of his 1876 work on the principles of aesthetics was published in 1897-8. In Volume 2, Fechner uses the principles that he established in Volume 1 and applies these in the analysis of different works of art. |
