Gestalt theory and the psychology of visual perception form the basis for an analysis of art and its basic elementsRead More »
Gestalt theory and the psychology of visual perception form the basis for an analysis of art and its basic elementsRead More »
Gestalt theory and the psychology of visual perception form the basis for an analysis of art and its basic elementsRead More »
The tension between two systems for understanding and picturing space, the concentric and the Cartesian, is regarded by the author as the key to composition in painting, sculpture and architectureRead More »
The 35th anniversary of this classic of art theory.Read More »
The first edition of Visual Perception took a refreshingly different approach to perception, starting from the function that vision serves for an active observer in a three-dimensional environment.Read More »
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.Read More »
Focusing on the work of the well-known Peale family and their Philadelphia Museum, as well as other Philadelphians, Bellion explores the range of illusions encountered in public spaces, from trompe l'oeil paintings and drawings at art ...Read More »
"--The Time Educational Supplement "A worth companion to Art and Visual Perception . . . The two books together form one of the outstanding contributions of this century to the psychology of art."--Journal of Aesthetics and Art CriticismRead More »
This comprehensively updated and expanded revision of the successful second edition continues to provide detailed coverage of the ever-growing range of research topics in vision.Read More »
His reputation as a theologian and philosopher is already established in the English-speaking world, but this first collection in English of his art essays (translated by Wendy Salmond) will be a revelation to those in the field.Read More »
Beautifully illustrated with more than 140 paintings and drawings, this book serves as an essential reference on Seurat.Read More »
Thousands of readers who have profited from engagement with the lively mind of Rudolf Arnheim over the decades will receive news of this new collection of essays expectantly.Read More »
Anyone serious about film, whether scholar, filmmaker or simply a lover of cinema, must take Arnheim seriously.”—Tom Gunning, author of The Films of Fritz Lang and D.W. Griffith and the Origins of American Narrative Film “An aesthetic ...Read More »
Whether you want to be more effective on the job, more empathetic toward your loved ones, or more alert to the trove of possibilities and threats all around us, this book will show you how to see what matters most to you more clearly than ...Read More »
The relationship of visual perception to color expression in art is presented here in clear detail. Photographs of representative paintings, explanatory line drawings, and abstract, geometric color plates supplement the text.Read More »
A contemporary and interdisciplinary perspective on the study of art, connecting and integrating ideas from across the humanities and sciences.Read More »
