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Svengali's web : the alien enchanter in modern culture / Daniel Pick.

xvi, 314 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm

The artful mind : cognitive science and the riddle of human creativity / edited by Mark Turner.

212 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Beyond aesthetics : investigations into the nature of visual art / general editor, Don Brothwell.

Kölner medizinhistorische Beiträge

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736-1783) : Ausdrucksstudien und Charakterköpfe / Otto Glandien.

International library of psychology

xiv, 143 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Distortion in art : the eye and the mind / J.B. Dereģowski.

xi, 163 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Bodies of knowledge : the psychological significance of the nude in art / Liam Hudson.

<p>Can science and art find common ground? Are scientific and artistic quests mutually exclusive? In this new book, neuroscientist Eric Kandel, whose interests span the fields of science and art, explores how reductionism-the distillation of larger scientific or aesthetic concepts into smaller, more tractable ideas-has been used by scientists and artists alike to pursue their respective truths. Their common use of reductionist strategies demonstrates how science can inform the way we experience a work of art and seek to understand its meaning. Kandel draws on his Nobel Prize-winning work studying the neurobiological underpinnings of learning and memory in the humble sea slug, whose simple brain helps illuminate the complex workings of higher animal minds. He extends these findings to the complexities of human perception, which uses bottom-up sensory and top-down cognitive functions to perceive the world and to appreciate and understand works of art. At the heart of this book is an elegant elucidation of the pivotal contribution of reductionism to modern art's extraordinary evolution and to its role in a monumental shift in artistic perspective.</p>

x, 226 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Reductionism in art and brain science : bridging the two cultures / Eric R. Kandel.

Art and visual perception : a psychology of the creative eye / by Rudolf Arnheim.

Engineering nature  : art & consciousness in the post-biological era / edited by Roy Ascott.

xiv, 225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

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Svengali's web : the alien enchanter in modern culture / Daniel Pick.

The artful mind : cognitive science and the riddle of human creativity / edited by Mark Turner.

Beyond aesthetics : investigations into the nature of visual art / general editor, Don Brothwell.

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736-1783) : Ausdrucksstudien und Charakterköpfe / Otto Glandien.

Distortion in art : the eye and the mind / J.B. Dereģowski.

Bodies of knowledge : the psychological significance of the nude in art / Liam Hudson.

Reductionism in art and brain science : bridging the two cultures / Eric R. Kandel.

Art and visual perception : a psychology of the creative eye / by Rudolf Arnheim.

Engineering nature : art & consciousness in the post-biological era / edited by Roy Ascott.

Neuroarthistory : from Aristotle and Pliny to Baxandall and Zeki / John Onians.

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Svengali's web : the alien enchanter in modern culture / Daniel Pick.

The artful mind : cognitive science and the riddle of human creativity / edited by Mark Turner.

Beyond aesthetics : investigations into the nature of visual art / general editor, Don Brothwell.

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736-1783) : Ausdrucksstudien und Charakterköpfe / Otto Glandien.

Distortion in art : the eye and the mind / J.B. Dereģowski.

Bodies of knowledge : the psychological significance of the nude in art / Liam Hudson.

Reductionism in art and brain science : bridging the two cultures / Eric R. Kandel.

Art and visual perception : a psychology of the creative eye / by Rudolf Arnheim.

Engineering nature : art & consciousness in the post-biological era / edited by Roy Ascott.

Neuroarthistory : from Aristotle and Pliny to Baxandall and Zeki / John Onians.

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