Vision and Art

By Margaret S. Livingstone,

Book cover of Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing

Book description

In this new expanded edition Livingstone thoroughly updates this groundbreaking study with the latest findings gathered from her research, with 32 additional pages of new text and images, including 3 brand new chapters. She begins by offering a comprehensive account of the biology of vision, drawing on the history of…

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To crack the mystery of consciousness requires that one understand the relationship between the physical dynamics of your brain and the psychological dynamics of your subjective experience.

One of the best books to start to build your intuition and understanding of the link between the way of matter and the way of Mind is Vision and Art. I’ve always been particularly enchanted with the book’s account of the famously enigmatic Mona Lisa smile. By understanding the mechanical activity of our mind’s visual circuits, we can start to appreciate how and why we respond to visual art at all.

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