Art and Mind Can Neuroscience Help an Artist Develop his Theory of Art and the Brain?
Journal Title: Nepal Journal of Neuroscience - Year 2006, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
The organization of our perceptions by the brain must include those sensations aroused by confrontations with works of art. Are these different from our daily confrontations with the material world? If they are, could a description of the mechanisms of perception start to unravel the complications encountered in modern culture when trying to define art and the purposes of art? This essay will bring together some current thinking on art and perception from the neuroscience side; then see what light these ideas can throw on the very nature of art itself and the uses of art. It will end with a speculation on the effects of attention and dissociation on our perception of works of art and of objects in the material world. This is an essay not from a scientist but a professional, contemporary painter.
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Garry Kennard
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