The psychology of art and the evolution of the conscious brain / Robert L. Solso.
The psychology of art and the evolution of the conscious brain / Robert L. Solso.
The psychology of art and the evolution of the conscious brain / Robert L. Solso.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N701.15/33
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Language
English
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p. cm.
Contents
Introduction: Art ... a Tutorial -- 1. Art and the Rise of Consciousness -- 2. Art and Evolution -- 3. Art and Vision -- 4. Art and the Brain -- 5. About Face -- 6. Illusions: Sensory, Cognitive, and Artistic -- 7. Perspective: The Art of Illusion -- 8. Art and Schemata.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2003.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2003.
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"How did the human brain evolve so that art and an appreciation of art could develop? In The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain, Robert Solso describes how a consciousness that evolved for other purposes perceives and creates art." "Drawing on his earlier book Cognition and the Visual Arts and ten years of new findings in co...
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The psychology of art and the evolution of the conscious brain / Robert L. Solso.
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MIT Press/Bradford Books series in cognitive psychology.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N701.15/33
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74VKp2z3ZqXl
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0262194848 :
9780262194846 (hc. : alk. paper)
0262194848 (hc. : alk. paper)
9780262194846 :
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701.15
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991019167399702626
