Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye

Rudolf Arnheim

University of California Press, 2004 - Psychology - 508 pages

Since its first publication in 1954, this work has established itself as a unique classic. It applies the approaches and findings of modern psychology to the study of art; it descirbes the visual process that takes place when people create - or look at - works in the various arts, and explains how they organize visual material according to definite psychological laws. Artists, critics, art historicans, students, and general readers have found it a highly readable book. Now Arnheim has throughtly revised and enlarged the text and adds new illustrations, taking advantage of recent developments in his own work and that of others.

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one of the excellent book on Visual perception. His writings are always lucid. Those really interested with the subject, may understand and apply the concepts discussed in the book.

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Chapter V Space is very interesting.

Contents

• II: 1
• III: 10
• IV: 16
• V: 18
• VI: 19
• VII: 20
• VIII: 23
• IX: 26
• X: 29
• XI: 30
• XII: 33
• XIII: 36
• XIV: 37
• XV: 42
• XVI: 43
• XVII: 44
• XVIII: 47
• XIX: 48
• XX: 51
• XXI: 55
• XXII: 63
• XXIII: 66
• XXIV: 67
• XXV: 69
• XXVI: 73
• XXVII: 74
• XXVIII: 76
• XXIX: 79
• XXX: 88
• XXXI: 92
• XXXII: 96
• XXXIII: 98
• XXXIV: 103
• XXXV: 106
• XXXVI: 112
• XXXVII: 116
• XXXVIII: 120
• XXXIX: 123
• XL: 127
• XLI: 130
• XLII: 134
• XLIII: 136
• XLIV: 139
• XLV: 144
• XLVI: 152
• XLVII: 156
• XLVIII: 162
• XLIX: 163
• L: 164
• LI: 167
• LII: 169
• LIII: 171
• LIV: 174
• LV: 179
• LVI: 182
• LVII: 187
• LVIII: 191
• LIX: 195
• LX: 197
• LXI: 199
• LXII: 203
• LXIII: 208
• LXIV: 209
• LXV: 215
• LXVI: 218
• LXVII: 219
• LXVIII: 223
• LXIX: 227
• LXX: 233
• LXXI: 234
• LXXII: 239
• LXXIII: 241
• LXXIV: 245
• LXXV: 248
• LXXVI: 253
• LXXVII: 258
• LXXVIII: 261
• LXXIX: 269
• LXXX: 271
• LXXXI: 275
• LXXXII: 280
• LXXXIII: 283
• LXXXIV: 285
• LXXXV: 287
• LXXXVI: 294
• LXXXVII: 297
• LXXXVIII: 298
• LXXXIX: 303
• XC: 305
• XCI: 309
• XCII: 311
• XCIII: 315
• XCIV: 320
• XCV: 324
• XCVI: 330
• XCVII: 332
• XCVIII: 337
• XCIX: 339
• C: 341
• CI: 342
• CII: 344
• CIII: 346
• CIV: 350
• CV: 353
• CVI: 357
• CVII: 362
• CVIII: 364
• CIX: 368
• CX: 369
• CXI: 372
• CXIII: 375
• CXIV: 378
• CXV: 382
• CXVI: 384
• CXVII: 387
• CXVIII: 392
• CXIX: 394
• CXX: 398
• CXXI: 403
• CXXII: 406
• CXXIII: 410
• CXXIV: 412
• CXXV: 416
• CXXVI: 419
• CXXVII: 423
• CXXVIII: 424
• CXXIX: 428
• CXXX: 432
• CXXXI: 434
• CXXXII: 437
• CXXXIII: 440
• CXXXIV: 444
• CXXXV: 445
• CXXXVI: 449
• CXXXVII: 454
• CXXXVIII: 457
• CXXXIX: 463
• CXL: 487
• CXLI: 503

About the author

Rudolf Arnheim is Professor Emeritus of the Psychology of Art at Harvard University. His books include Film as Art (California, 1957), Visual Thinking (1969), The Dynamics of Architectural Form (California, 1977), The Split and the Structure: Twenty-eight Essays (California, 1996).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye; Art Psychology
• Author: Rudolf Arnheim
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, revised
• Publisher: University of California Press, 2004
• ISBN: 0520243838, 9780520243835
• Length: 508 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Reference