The Science of Art¶
Ramachandran, V. S., & Hirstein, W. (1999). The Science of Art: A Neurological Theory of Aesthetic Experience. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 6(6–7).
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- Abstraction in Art
- … the work because it fails to match stated intent, or overinterpreting viewers' responses as definitive meaning—an interpretive risk Ramachandran and Hirstein (1999) recast in their neurological theory of aesthetic experience, where viewer responses follow shared brain mechanisms rather than authorial signals
This sourceProposes eight neurological 'laws' of aesthetic experience grounded in visual brain mechanisms; supports the shared-brain-mechanism reframing of viewer response (D37-015).
- … the work because it fails to match stated intent, or overinterpreting viewers' responses as definitive meaning—an interpretive risk Ramachandran and Hirstein (1999) recast in their neurological theory of aesthetic experience, where viewer responses follow shared brain mechanisms rather than authorial signals
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