| Description |
xi, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Concerning an adoration -- pt. 2. Double-edged mind: intuition and the intellect -- Max Wertheimer and gestalt psychology -- Other Gustav Theodor Fechner -- Wilhelm Worringer on abstraction and empathy -- pt. 3. Unity and diversity of the arts -- A stricture on space and time -- Language, image, and concrete poetry -- On the nature of photography -- Splendor and misery of the photographer -- Tools of art, old and new -- pt. 4. A plea for visual thinking -- Notes on the imagery of Dante's Purgatorio -- Inverted perspective and the axiom of realism -- Brunelleschi's peepshow -- Perception of maps -- pt. 5. Rationalization of color -- Perceptual dynamics in musical expression -- pt. 6. Perceptual challenge in art education -- Victor Lowenfeld and tactility -- Art as therapy -- pt. 7. Style as a gestalt problem -- On duplication -- On the late style --- pt. 8. Objective percepts, objective values. |
| Subject |
Art -- Psychology.
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Art -- Psychology. |
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Visual perception.
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Visual perception. |
| Indexed Term |
Visual arts Perception Psychological aspects |
| ISBN |
0520055535 |
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9780520055537 |
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0520055543 paperback |
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9780520055544 paperback |
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