The psychology of visual art : eye, brain and art /
By: Mather, George.
Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014Description: xix, 195 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some color) ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107005983 (hardback); 9781107005983:; 1107005981 (hardback); 9780521184793 (paperback); 0521184797 (paperback).Subject(s): Art -- Psychology | Visual perceptionDDC classification: 701.15Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 701.15 MAH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0064019 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index.
List of illustrations -- Preface -- 1 : art through history -- 2 : art and the eye -- 3 : art and the brain -- 4 : perceiving scenes -- 5 : perceiving pictures -- 6 : motion in art -- 7 : colour in art -- 8 : visual aesthetics and art -- 9 : visual aesthetics and nature -- 10 : evolution and art -- Epilogue -- References -- Artworks -- Index.
A contemporary and interdisciplinary perspective on the study of art, connecting and integrating ideas from across the humanities and sciences.