The Artful Eye (Hardcover)

Richard L. Gregory, John Harris, Priscilla Heard, D. Rose

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In the words of Richard Gregory `Here are to be found novel links to art and science, and to mind and brain... These many themes are captured to weave a tapestry of the intelligent brain behind the artful eye.'

This fascinating volume presents the thoughts of scientists and artists working on many aspects of visual perception, ranging from the physiology of the brain, development of sight in infants, and the significance of faces, to the physics of images and the mathematics of impossible objects. There are essays on perspective, especially of Vermeer's use of the camera oscura, alongside an examination of the art of the forger, portraits of artists and scientists, and a personal statement by the late sculptress, Dame Elisabeth Frink.

Complete with over 200 illustrations, including colour plates by Hockney, Magritte, Vermeer, and others, this is a an enlightening mixture of biology and aesthetics which will appeal to psychologists, vision scientists, and all those interested in the effect of the visual arts on the eye and brain.

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Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1995
Editors:	Richard L. Gregory • John Harris • Priscilla Heard • D. Rose
Dimensions:	254 x 196 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	456
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-852195-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Physiological & neuro-psychology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Neurosciences Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-852195-2
Barcode:	9780198521952