Art and perception. Biology of vision

Why is Mona Lisa’s smile so mysterious, Claude Monet’s Makov field swaying in the wind, and in the picture of Pete Mondrian “Bugi-Wuhi on Broadway,” lights flicker? The book of Margaret Livingston, a neurobiologist from Harvard, has become the most important study of how the perception of art is associated with the characteristics of human vision, and has gained very popularity among the Western reader.
You will learn how our visual system works in connection with the perception of works of fine art, and we will talk not only about traditional art (paintings by great artists), but also about computer graphics, images on television, advertising and graphic Design, about photography, about optical illusions and visual effects. In the last chapter, the problems of dyslexia, difficulties in teaching, music and talent through the prism of the topic of vision are affected