Psychology of Visual Art Eye, Brain and Art

Name: Psychology of Visual Art Eye, Brain and Art
Price: 29.45 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780521184793

ISBN-10: 0521184797

ISBN-13: 9780521184793

Edition: 2013

Authors: George Mather

This item qualifies for FREE shipping.

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $37.57

Marketplace

3 new & used from $29.45

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

What can art tell us about how the brain works? And what can the brain tell us about how we perceive and create art? Humans have created visual art throughout history and its significance has been an endless source of fascination and debate. Visual art is a product of the human brain, but is art so complex and sophisticated that brain function and evolution are not relevant to our understanding? This book explores the links between visual art and the brain by examining a broad range of issues including: the impact of eye and brain disorders on artistic output; the relevance of Darwinian principles to aesthetics; and the constraints imposed by brain processes on the perception of space,…

Book details

Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/24/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 211
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English




Art through history



Art and the eye



Art and the brain



Perceiving scenes



Perceiving pictures



Motion in art



Colour in art



Visual aesthetics and art



Visual aesthetics and nature



Evolution and art