Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation |
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Page 109
... mind . To the unsophisticated mind — which may well be a mind as yet uninfluenced by the ideas of the Sophists — a story is either true or false . The recitals of mythical events and the chronicles of battles are received as accounts of ...
... mind . To the unsophisticated mind — which may well be a mind as yet uninfluenced by the ideas of the Sophists — a story is either true or false . The recitals of mythical events and the chronicles of battles are received as accounts of ...
Page 155
... mind in producing imitations , another aspect the producing of likenesses with the mind alone ? ' The mind of the beholder also has its share in the imitation . Even a picture in monochrome , or a bronze relief , strikes us as a ...
... mind in producing imitations , another aspect the producing of likenesses with the mind alone ? ' The mind of the beholder also has its share in the imitation . Even a picture in monochrome , or a bronze relief , strikes us as a ...
Page 170
... mind ; the mind likewise receiveth this beginning , and goeth over all what followeth : the lower part of a long and slender pike being but slightly shaken , the motion runneth thorough the whole length of the pike , even to the speares ...
... mind ; the mind likewise receiveth this beginning , and goeth over all what followeth : the lower part of a long and slender pike being but slightly shaken , the motion runneth thorough the whole length of the pike , even to the speares ...
Contents
From Light into Paint | 29 |
Truth and the Stereotype | 55 |
Pygmalions Power 888 | 80 |
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AGOSTINO CARRACCI Albrecht Dürer Alexander Cozens ambiguity appear artist aware beholder's called canvas caricature century chapter cited clues colour Constable's context copy Cozens critics cubism discovery discussed drawing effect Egyptian experience expression fact famous figure Gallery of Art historian history of art idea illusion illusionist illustration imagination imitation interpretation invention J. J. Gibson John Constable Julius von Schlosser Kunst language learned Leonardo da Vinci light look means mental set method mind motif Museum National Gallery nature never object painter Paris pattern Perception perhaps perspective Philostratus photograph picture Plato portrait poster problem projection psychology reading reality Rembrandt rendering represent representation Rodolphe Töpffer Ruskin schema schemata seen shapes story style suggest theory things tion Töpffer tradition trick trompe l'œil truth Vasari visible world vision visual Visual Perception Wivenhoe Park York and London