Vision, art and the black box

Author

Humphreys, Glyn W.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Word & image. 1990, Num. 3, Vol. 6, p. 259-272, 11 ill.

ISSN

0266-6286

Abstract (en)

Discusses research carried out in the last ten years on aspects of vision, and considers some of the implications of this work for our understanding of painting. Concludes that "vision is not simply a relay stage in our understanding of paintings, but that specific visual processes are intimately involved in the way particular paintings 'work'. Furthermore, within the brain, it seems likely that these visual processes, up to and including contact with stored visual memories about objects, are separated from verbal and linguistic forms of knowledge. Paintings may be symbolic, and they can employ particular symbolisms; however, this is not necessarily so."

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing
• Sight
• Painting
• Perception
• Memory
• Words
• Language
• Symbols

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin
• Vue
• Peinture
• Perception
• Mémoire
• Mot
• Langage
• Symbole

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00418261

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