The visual system as a constraint on the survival and success of specific artworks

Spatial Vision

Volumn 21, Issue 3-5, 2008, Pages 347-362

  Melcher, David ^a   Bacci, Francesca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Art; Biological motion; Cognition; Eye movements; Face perception; Masterpiece; Memory; Pareidolia; Patronage

Indexed keywords

(PL) PROPERTIES; 18TH CENTURY; FINE ARTS; HUMAN VISUAL PERCEPTION (HVP); MOTOR SYSTEM (MS); PERCEPTUAL SYSTEM; PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION; VISION SCIENCE; VISUAL CATEGORIZATION; VISUAL PROCESSING; VISUAL SYSTEMS;

VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

ART; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MEMORY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ART; EYE MOVEMENTS; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 46349087395     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: 15685683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856808784532626     Document Type: Article

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