Opticks
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Opticks is a photographic series by Hiroshi Sugimoto that explores the nature of light and color through abstract, prism-generated images inspired by Isaac Newton’s optical experiments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Opticks canonical | 1 |
| Opticks (photobook) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4745958 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Opticks Context triple: [Hiroshi Sugimoto, notableWork, Opticks]
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A.
Opticks
Opticks is Isaac Newton’s influential 1704 treatise that systematically explores the nature of light and color through experiments with prisms and lenses.
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B.
Traité de la lumière
Traité de la lumière is a seminal 1690 scientific treatise that presents Christiaan Huygens’ wave theory of light, including the principle now known as Huygens’ principle.
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C.
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica is Isaac Newton’s foundational work that formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, becoming a cornerstone of classical physics and the Scientific Revolution.
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D.
Philosophical and Physical Opinions
Philosophical and Physical Opinions is a 17th-century philosophical treatise by Margaret Cavendish that presents her original views on natural philosophy, matter, and the nature of the universe.
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E.
Novum Organum
Novum Organum is a foundational philosophical work by Francis Bacon that introduced a new empirical method of scientific inquiry and helped shape the course of the Scientific Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Opticks Target entity description: Opticks is a photographic series by Hiroshi Sugimoto that explores the nature of light and color through abstract, prism-generated images inspired by Isaac Newton’s optical experiments.
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A.
Opticks
Opticks is Isaac Newton’s influential 1704 treatise that systematically explores the nature of light and color through experiments with prisms and lenses.
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B.
Traité de la lumière
Traité de la lumière is a seminal 1690 scientific treatise that presents Christiaan Huygens’ wave theory of light, including the principle now known as Huygens’ principle.
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C.
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica is Isaac Newton’s foundational work that formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, becoming a cornerstone of classical physics and the Scientific Revolution.
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D.
Philosophical and Physical Opinions
Philosophical and Physical Opinions is a 17th-century philosophical treatise by Margaret Cavendish that presents her original views on natural philosophy, matter, and the nature of the universe.
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E.
Novum Organum
Novum Organum is a foundational philosophical work by Francis Bacon that introduced a new empirical method of scientific inquiry and helped shape the course of the Scientific Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | photographic series ⓘ |
| author | Hiroshi Sugimoto ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Isaac Newton's treatise "Opticks"
ⓘ
linked to:
Opticks
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| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| creator | Hiroshi Sugimoto ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation |
contemporary artist
ⓘ
photographer ⓘ |
| depicts |
light dispersion
ⓘ
prismatic light ⓘ spectral colors ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Fraenkel Gallery
ⓘ
Pace Gallery ⓘ various international museums and galleries ⓘ |
| explores |
nature of light
ⓘ
perception of color ⓘ scientific observation and art ⓘ |
| follows |
Hiroshi Sugimoto's "Seascapes" series
ⓘ
linked to:
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Hiroshi Sugimoto's "Theaters" series ⓘ
linked to:
Hiroshi Sugimoto
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| genre | abstract photography ⓘ |
| hasPart | large-scale color photographs ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin |
Isaac Newton's "Opticks" (1704)
ⓘ
linked to:
Opticks
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| inception | 2010s ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Isaac Newton
ⓘ
Newtonian optical experiments ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
color
ⓘ
light ⓘ optics ⓘ |
| medium |
c-print
ⓘ
color photography ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| partOf | Hiroshi Sugimoto's conceptual photography practice ⓘ |
| publicationIncludes |
Opticks (photobook)
ⓘ
linked to:
Opticks
|
| usesTechnique |
long-exposure photography
ⓘ
prism-generated images ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Opticks Description of subject: Opticks is a photographic series by Hiroshi Sugimoto that explores the nature of light and color through abstract, prism-generated images inspired by Isaac Newton’s optical experiments.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Opticks