What is it about?
While recent studies in neuroscience and psychology have shed light on our sensory and perceptual experiences of art, they have yet to explain how contemporary art downplays perceptual responses and, instead, encourages conceptual thought. 'The Psychology of Contemporary Art' brings together the most important developments in recent scientific research on visual perception and cognition and applies the results of empirical experiments to analyses of contemporary artworks not normally addressed by psychological studies.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
"This book is well written and clear in its presentation. The author explores experimental aesthetics, neuroaesthetics, and cognitive psychology in depth, incisively pointing out problematic issues in each area related to processes underlying the creation and appreciation of contemporary art. A pleasure to read." --Gerald Cupchik, University of Toronto Scarborough
Perspectives
The work attempts to apprise neuroscientists and psychologists of contemporary artistic practices which have in many ways moved on from the art that is normally used by science to explain 'how the brain responds to art'.
Dr Gregory Minissale
University of Auckland
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: The Psychology of Contemporary Art, January 2013, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/cbo9781139094313.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
