Catherine Weir, Evans Mandes

Interpreting Visual Art

A Survey of Cognitive Research About Pictures

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Produktbeschreibung

Interpreting Visual Art explores the psychological and cognitive mechanisms that underlie one's interpretation of art. After the brain encodes visual information, this encoding is then processed by perceptual mechanisms to identify objects and depth in pictures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781412864008
• ISBN-10: 1412864003
• Artikelnr.: 45232735

Autorenporträt

Catherine Weir, Professor of Psychology Emeritus from Colorado College, taught Perception courses at this liberal arts college and at University College London for 39 years. Evans Mandes has taught in the psychology and studio arts programs at George Mason University for 47years. He recently retired from there as an Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Interdisciplinary Arts.

Inhaltsangabe

Part A. Linking Psychology to Art and Beauty. 1. Bridges Connecting Art to
Science to Art. 2. Aesthetics: Pleasure in Art. 3. Emotions and Aesthetics.
Part B. Survey of Perception Psychology Relevant to Art. 4. Perceiving Art
Is Accomplished in Steps, Customized for Efficient Perception. 5.
Reflecting on Light, Mirrors, and Meaning. 6. Color through the Ages and
the Eyes. Part C. Human Enhancements to Vision and Art. 7. Illusion, Motion
Perception, and Depth. 8. Seeing Scenes and Identifying Things in Art.
Part D. Cognitive Processes in Art. 9. Interpreting Visual Art: Systematic
but Individualized. 10. Faces: Revealing the Person. 11. Creativity,
Imagination, Perception, and Art. 12. Do Artists Have Special Insights?