Pictorial Functions and Perceptual Structures

摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the relationship between pictorial functions and perceptual structures. In pursuit of realistic representation, artists have investigated nature light pigments, laws optics, physical structures that are to be represented, psychology visual perception. There is, therefore, a rich set problems shared by perception psychologist studious or innovative artist. Because representation appears entail use illusion as its central fact, scenes objects not actually presented viewer, it is easier for some theories deal with than others. Realistic simple term. If surfaces their arrangements in space were direct automatic response information eye, picture playing field must directly perceived an upright flat surface converging lines drawn on it, rectangular receding into distance. What specified viewer's changing retinal image he she moves relative plane lines. To proponents theory perception, these considerations suggested pictures need separate special