Mémoire sur la partie photométrique de tout l'art de peindre 

Year of Conception:    ?
Year of Writing:            August 1768
Year of Publication:    1768/1770

Subject: Photometry, Theory of Art

Publication: Mémoire sur la partie photométrique de tout l'art de peindre. Mémoires de l'Académie royale des sciences de Berlin, année 1768/1770, 80-108.(1)

Description:
As a complement to his work on the perspective, Lambert here discusses the use of light and colour in painting to obtain the right effects in perspective or 3D. This work also announces his theory of colours.

Reviews: ADB 1771, 91-95(6) ; GGA 1771, 693(4)