Product Description

An experienced and prolific writer, Robert Solso has a gift for simplifying sometimes difficult concepts in science. Here he brings a refreshing new approach to the psychology of art, synthesizing research from a vast collection of data on how humans perceive, process, and store information and applying it to the viewing and interpretation of art. In this first systematic study of the connection between the new cognitive psychology and its importance to art, Solso reflects on the long relationship between humankind and art, observing that "mind and art are one." A major theme of this book, in fact, is that the clearest view of the mind comes when we create or experience art, a reverse of the usual view of art and cognition. The illustrations cover a wide range of examples, including African, Asian, and prehistoric art, but focusing primarily on Western art. The treatment of cognition applies a blend of the standard information-processing model, brain function, and neural networks. Cognitive Psychology series

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #534621 in Books
• Published on: 1996-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 312 pages

About the Author
Robert Solso is Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada.

Customer Reviews

A good choice
This book is a summary of articles about how we, the humans, see the art through the cognition, or how our brains perceive art. There's no need to be a cognition master to read this book, and all chapters can be read separately. An easy to read and quite interesting book.