Inner Vision: An Exploration of Art and the Brain

by Semir Zeki

What is it that makes a work of art appear to us as beautiful? How do external form and internal perception coalesce to create the distinctive aesthetic pleasures we look to find in the visual arts? In Inner Vision, one of the founders of visual neuroscience, Semir Zeki, offers the first attempt to apply the science of vision to painting and sculpture, revealing how the conception, execution, and appreciation of the visual arts are all shaped by the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198505191
• ISBN13: 9780198505198
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.8"