Art and Visual Perception

Author: Arnheim (USA) / Teng Shouyao / Zhu Jiangyuan
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Publish Date: 2001-03-01
Features: It seems that art is facing the danger of being suffocated by an overwhelming flood of empty theories. In recent years, genuine works that can truly be called art have become scarce. They seem to be drowned in a torrent of books, articles, academic lectures, conferences, presentations, and guidance—all of which aim to help us understand what is art and what is not; who created what works under what circumstances, why or for whom they were created, and so on. What we see before us is a tiny corpse, dissected by a group of eager and hasty surgeons and lay laboratory technicians working together. Because this group always tends to discuss art in terms of thought and reasoning, it inevitably creates the impression that art is an elusive thing. One of the goals of this book is to systematically analyze the efficacy of vision in order to guide it and restore its function.