04098nam 22007454a 450 991045909550332120200520144314.01-282-90194-X97866129019420-226-36554-910.7208/9780226365541(CKB)2670000000060060(EBL)616042(OCoLC)690176860(SSID)ssj0000471778(PQKBManifestationID)11307639(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471778(PQKBWorkID)10434136(PQKB)10115574(SSID)ssj0000440311(PQKBManifestationID)12131182(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000440311(PQKBWorkID)10470806(PQKB)11336111(MiAaPQ)EBC616042(DE-B1597)524167(OCoLC)1100568082(DE-B1597)9780226365541(Au-PeEL)EBL616042(CaPaEBR)ebr10431298(CaONFJC)MIL290194(EXLCZ)99267000000006006020051006d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe objective eye[electronic resource] color, form, and reality in the theory of art /John HymanChicago University of Chicago Press20061 online resource (315 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-36553-0 0-226-36552-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-275) and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Galileo's Myth -- 2. Frames of Reference -- 3. Perceiving Powers -- 4. Art and Imitation -- 5. Art and Occlusion -- 6. Art and Optics -- 7. Art and Experience -- 8. Words and Pictures -- 9. Realism and Relativism -- 10. The Canvas of the Brain -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CREDITS -- INDEX"The longer you work, the more the mystery deepens of what appearance is, or how what is called appearance can be made in another medium."-Francis Bacon, painter This, in a nutshell, is the central problem in the theory of art. It has fascinated philosophers from Plato to Wittgenstein. And it fascinates artists and art historians, who have always drawn extensively on philosophical ideas about language and representation, and on ideas about vision and the visible world that have deep philosophical roots. John Hyman's The Objective Eye is a radical treatment of this problem, deeply informed by the history of philosophy and science, but entirely fresh. The questions tackled here are fundamental ones: Is our experience of color an illusion? How does the metaphysical status of colors differ from that of shapes? What is the difference between a picture and a written text? Why are some pictures said to be more realistic than others? Is it because they are especially truthful or, on the contrary, because they deceive the eye? The Objective Eye explores the fundamental concepts we use constantly in our most innocent thoughts and conversations about art, as well as in the most sophisticated art theory. The book progresses from pure philosophy to applied philosophy and ranges from the metaphysics of color to Renaissance perspective, from anatomy in ancient Greece to impressionism in nineteenth-century France. Philosophers, art historians, and students of the arts will find The Objective Eye challenging and absorbing. Visual perceptionComposition (Art)Color in artArtPsychologyElectronic books.Visual perception.Composition (Art)Color in art.ArtPsychology.701/.15Hyman John919301MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459095503321The objective eye2061810UNINA