Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation |
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... idea that ' only individual human beings are real , while groups and spiritual collectives are mere names ' . It follows for Sedlmayr that we must also ' reject the belief in the unity and immutability of human nature and human reason ...
... idea that ' only individual human beings are real , while groups and spiritual collectives are mere names ' . It follows for Sedlmayr that we must also ' reject the belief in the unity and immutability of human nature and human reason ...
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... idea of a man , like Plato's craftsman who copied the idea of the couch ? Or , if we reject this metaphysical interpretation , are we not imitating the image of a man we have in our mind ? This is the traditional answer , but we have ...
... idea of a man , like Plato's craftsman who copied the idea of the couch ? Or , if we reject this metaphysical interpretation , are we not imitating the image of a man we have in our mind ? This is the traditional answer , but we have ...
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... idea from realizing itself . It was on these grounds that Plato himself denied art its validity , for what value can there be in copying an imperfect copy of the idea ? But on the same grounds , Neoplatonism tried to assign to art a new ...
... idea from realizing itself . It was on these grounds that Plato himself denied art its validity , for what value can there be in copying an imperfect copy of the idea ? But on the same grounds , Neoplatonism tried to assign to art a new ...
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