The artful eye / edited by Richard Gregory, John Harris and Priscilla Heard.

Contributor(s): Gregory, R. L. (Richard Langton) | Harris, John, 1931- | Heard, P. (Priscilla) | Rose, David, 1946 January 13-.

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BookPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995Description: xx, 434 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0198521952.Subject(s): Visual perception

| Perceptual-motor processes

| Neuropsychology

DDC classification: 152.14

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In the words of Richard Gregory 'Here are to be found novel links to art and science, and to mind and brain ... These many themes are captured to weave a tapestry of the intelligent brain behind the artful eye.' This fascinating volume presents the thoughts of scientists and artists working on many aspects of visual perception, ranging from the physiology of the brain, development of sight in infants, and the significance of faces, to the physics of images and the mathematics of impossible objects. There are essays on perspective, especially of Vermeer's use of the camera obscura, alongside an examination of the art of the forger, portraits of artists and scientists, and a personal statement by the late sculptress, Dame Elizabeth Frink. Complete with over 200 illustrations, including plates by Hockney, Magritte, Vermeer, and others this is an enlightening mixture of biology and aesthetics which will appeal to psychologists, vision scientists, and all those interested in the effect of the visual arts on the eye and brain.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Part I Into the Brain
Introduction
Chapter 1 Black boxes of artful vision
Chapter 2 A portrait of the brain
Chapter 3 Through the eyes of monkeys and men
Chapter 4 The brain of the beholder
Chapter 5 When is a face not a face?
Chapter 6 When paying attention is too costly
Part II Starting to see
Introduction
Chapter 7 Through the eyes of an infant
Chapter 8 Mother and baby - seeing eye to eye
Part III Behind the eyes
Introduction
Chapter 9 The many faces of motion perception
Chapter 10 At the edge of movement
Chapter 11 2-D or not 2-D - that is the question
Chapter 12 Seeing colour
Part IV Physic
Introduction
Chapter 13 Chemical dreams
Chapter 14 Chemical soup
Part V Physics
Introduction
Chapter 15 Natural focussing
Chapter 16 Mathematics of the impossible
Part VI Artistry
Introduction
Chapter 17 Lines of sight
Chapter 18 In the studio of Vermeer
Chapter 19 How do forgers deceive art critics?
Chapter 20 Portraits of artists and scientists

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Professor R. L Gregory, who edited The Oxford Companion to the Mind (OUP, 1987), is at the Department of Psycology, Bristol University. Dr J. Harris and Dr P. Heard are both at that same establishment, while Dr D. Rose is at the Department of Psychology, Surrey University.