Art, Perception, and Reality
Art, Perception, and Reality

Author: E. H. Gombrich

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 1973-09

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780801815522

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Explores questions relating to the nature of representation in art. It asks how we recognize likeness in caricatures or portraits, for instance, and presents the conflicting arguments and opinions of an art historian, a psychologist and a philosopher.

Art Perception
Art Perception

Author: David Cycleback

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-05-21

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1312117494

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A complex and fascinating question is why do humans have such strong emotional reactions and human connections to art? Why do viewers become scared, even haunted for days, by a movie monster they know doesn't exist? Why do humans become enthralled by distorted figures and scenes that aren't realistic? Why do viewers have emotional attachments to comic book characters? The answer lies in that, while humans know art is human made artifice, they view and decipher art using the same often nonconscious methods that they use to view and decipher reality. Looking at how we perceive reality shows us how we perceive art, and looking at how we perceive art helps show us how we perceive reality. Written by the prominent art historian and philosopher Cycleback, this book is a concise introduction to understanding art perception, covering key psychological, cognitive science, physiological and philosophical concepts.

The Psychology of Art Appreciation
The Psychology of Art Appreciation

Author: Bjarne Sode Funch

Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9788772894027

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This book is more than an introduction to the psychology of art appreciation, it puts into perspective the research carried out within the area and offers a new understanding of the relationship between art and viewer. A number of studies within the psycho-physical, cognitive, psychoanalytic, and existential-phenomenological schools of thought are presented in order to demonstrate how their views on the appreciation of visual art vary. Five different types of art appreciation, ranging from a spontaneous preference for a work of art to a blissful experience of trancendence, are identified and described.

Cognitive Processes in the Perception of Art
Cognitive Processes in the Perception of Art

Author: W.R. Crozier

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 1984-06-01

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 0080866735

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This book reviews progress and describes original research in the cognitive psychology of the arts. The invited contributors are leading authorities, and the topics which they cover include psychological approaches to symbols and meaning in art, issues in experimental aesthetics, the development in children of artistic production and appreciation, and the perception of musical and pictorial material.

Art and Visual Perception, Second Edition
Art and Visual Perception, Second Edition

Author: Rudolf Arnheim

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2004-11-08

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13: 9780520243835

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A 50-year-old classic, which was revised and expanded in 1974. Explains how the eye organizes visual material according to psychological laws.

Traditional Oil Painting
Traditional Oil Painting

Author: Virgil Elliott

Publisher: Watson-Guptill

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780823030668

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"Traditional Oil Painting is that rare sourcebook that comprehensively covers the most advanced techniques and concepts of oil painting"--P. [2] of cover.

Aesthetics as Philosophy of Perception
Aesthetics as Philosophy of Perception

Author: Bence Nanay

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 0199658447

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Bence Nanay explores how many influential debates in aesthetics look very different, and may be easier to tackle, if we clarify the assumptions they make about perception and experience. He focuses on the ways in which the distinction between distributed and focused attention can help us re-evaluate various key concepts and debates in aesthetics.