Vision and art - Margaret Livingstone

the biology of seeing

KORTE INHOUD

150 illustrations, including 108 charts and plates in full color.
Why do Claude Monet's fields of flowers seem to wave in the breeze?
What is the secret of Mona Lisa's smile?
How are we able to decipher the puzzle of Chuck Close's portraits?
In 'Vision and Art', Harvard neurobiologist Margaret Livingstone explains how the human vision system works and demonstrates that the answers to these and many other questions about art depend ultimately on the cells in our eyes and our brains.
In his Foreword ti this groundbreaking volume, Nobel Prize winner David Hubel expresses the hope that "in the future, visual neurobiology will enhance art in much the same way as a knowledge of bones and muscles has for centuries enhanced the ability of artists to prtrait the human body." The future begins now, with this farreaching book.
In 'Vision and Art', Margaret Livingstone demonstrates that how we see art depends ultimately on the cells in our eyers and our brains. She begins by offering a comprehensive account of the biology of v...
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2002Uitgever: Harry N. Abrams208 paginasTaal: Engels