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Title Experiencing art : in the brain of the beholder / Arthur P. Shimamura.
Author Shimamura, Arthur P., author.
Edition Paperback edition.
Publisher New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Copyright ©2013


Status Loan Type Location Shelf-mark
 In Library  1 week  Library Level 11  Fine Arts A230.S6 SHI c.2

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Description xi, 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm
ISBN 9780190239077 paperback : alkaline paper
0199982384
Note Originally published: 2013.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Overture -- Act I. The art of seeing. The eye as canvas, the brain as beholder -- The illusion of form -- Making a scene -- Act II. The art of knowing. How do you know? -- Remembrance of past things -- You are cultured -- Act III. The art of feeling. Arousing emotions -- Body language -- I know how you feel) -- Coda.
Library Class Fine Arts A230.S6
Subject Art and society.
Art -- Psychology.
Visual perception.
Aesthetics -- Psychological aspects.

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