Perspectives on science and art

Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2007 Aug;17(4):476-82. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2007.07.010. Epub 2007 Sep 11.

Abstract

Artists try to understand how we see, sometimes explicitly exploring rules of perspective or color, visual illusions, or iconography, and conversely, scientists who study vision sometimes address the perceptual questions and discoveries raised by the works of art, as we do here.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Portrait
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Art* / history
  • Color
  • Emotions / physiology
  • History, 15th Century
  • History, 16th Century
  • History, 17th Century
  • Humans
  • Science* / history
  • Visual Perception / physiology*