ABSTRACT

This book develops a theory of picture perception and aesthetic response, arguing that images can generate in us a complex pattern of mental changes, or transformations. It is essential reading to those seriously involved in linking the arts and cognitive sciences.

chapter |15 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter One|15 pages

The Biological and Procedural Bases of Neuropsychology

chapter Chapter Two|18 pages

The Experimental Evidence

chapter Chapter Three|21 pages

The Possible Origins of Cerebral Specialization

chapter Chapter Four|17 pages

The Right-Hemisphere Cognitive Paradigm

chapter Chapter Five|21 pages

Children’s Drawing

chapter Chapter Six|20 pages

The Languages of Art

chapter Chapter Seven|24 pages

A Transformational Theory of Aesthetics

chapter Chapter Eight|22 pages

Art and Aesthetic Experience

chapter Chapter Nine|9 pages

The Transformational Planes