visual perception

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visual perception

Understanding paintings

the elements of composition
1981

Chuck Close

close-up
2006
An account of the life, career, and art of American photorealist portrait painter and quadriplegic Chuck Close.

See & draw

drawing from observation
1993

One, two, and three

what does each one see?
1995
Mama, Lindsey, and their dog Chaos have a busy day at the park. Features scenes viewed from the perspective of each of the three.

Art and visual perception

a psychology of the creative eye
1974

Black on white

1993
Black illustrations against a white background depict such objects as an elephant, butterfly, and leaf.

What's going on in there?

2005
Granville looks like an ordinary town, but a turn of the page reveals that the pizza cooks are actually building a dinosaur, and many other things are not as they appear.

Looking at paintings

1979
Uses several well-known paintings and suggested activities to introduce different artists' styles and techniques and to discuss ways to view a painting.

Eye and brain

the psychology of seeing
1997
An introduction to the psychology of vision that addresses such issues as how people learn to see, what babies see, how motion affects vision, and what causes illusions.

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