Description: Synopsis:A Harvard neurobiologist explains how vision works, citing the scientific origins of artistic genius and providing coverage of such topics as optical illusions and the correlation between learning disabilities and artistic skill.Review:What is it that makes the work of Monet, van Gogh, da Vinci, and Warhol so visually arresting? How do our eyes and brains coordinate to perceive line and color?Neurobiologist Margaret Livingstone addresses these and many other questions in Vision and Art, a lively look at the science underlying art. She writes accessibly, but with plenty of technical depth, on such matters as the nature of light and the visible spectrum, the organization of visual-image processing, the structure of the vertebrate eye and brain, and individual and culturally conditioned perceptions of color. Using well-known works of art as case studies, she offers fascinating bits of trivia (on, for instance, how pastels are made and why purple dyes are so rare) alongside practical information for artists (for example, how high-contrast contours and evenly distributed luminance attract the eye).
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Book Title: Vision and Art : the Biology of Seeing
Original Language: English
Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
Publication Year: 2008
Type: Biology/Art
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 11 in
Author: Margaret Livingstone
Features: Illustrated
Genre: Art, Science
Topic: Art and Science
Item Width: 9 in
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
