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The psychology of perspective and Renaissance art

Kubovy, Michael

The psychology of perspective and Renaissance art

The psychology of perspective and Renaissance art

Introduction: The importance of perspective and the metaphor of the arrow in the eye

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1 The elements of perspective

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2 Interlude: Brunelleschi's peepshow and the invention of perspective

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3 The effectiveness of Brunelleschi's peepshow

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4 The robustness of perspective

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5 Illusion, delusion, collusion, and perceptual paradox

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6 Perceiving the window in order to see the world

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7 The bounds of perspective: marginal distortions

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8 Why was the Brunelleschi peephole abandoned?

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9 The psychology of egocenters

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10 The invention of perspective and the evolution of art

Figure acknowledgments and sources

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The psychology of
perspective and
Renaissance art

MICHAEL KUBOVY

CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY PRESS