Varieties of Realism argues that it is not possible to represent the layout of objects and surfaces in space outside the dictates of formal visual geometry, the geometry of natural perspective. The book examines most of the world's coherent representational art styles, both in terms of the geometry of their creation and in terms of their perceptual effects on the viewer. A lucid exposition of modern geometrical principles and relations, accessible to the nonmathematical reader, is followed by an analysis of all known styles ...
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Varieties of Realism argues that it is not possible to represent the layout of objects and surfaces in space outside the dictates of formal visual geometry, the geometry of natural perspective. The book examines most of the world's coherent representational art styles, both in terms of the geometry of their creation and in terms of their perceptual effects on the viewer. A lucid exposition of modern geometrical principles and relations, accessible to the nonmathematical reader, is followed by an analysis of all known styles as variants of natural perspective, as true varieties of realism. Delineating the physical and mechanical constraints that determine the act of visual representation in painting and drawing, the author traces the intimate relations among seemingly distant styles and considers the kind of perceptual information about the world each can carry. Margaret Hagen is a perceptual psychologist with an ecological point of view. Her rigorous but readable presentation of visual theory and research offers provocative new insights into the connections among vision, geometry, and art.
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Good. No jacket. Spine is cracked and sunned. Cover is worn, especially along edges. Corners are folded. Inside cover edges are tanned. Inside had pencil marks that have been erased.
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Near Fine in Not issued jacket. Size: 9x7x1; Hardcover; no dust jacket (as issued). First Edition. 1st printing (no later printings indicated). Spine lettering clear and bright. Clean and tight. No markings. One corner slightly bumped. Ships in a box. Ships from NYC.
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Fine. No Jacket. West Nyack, New York, U.S.A. : Cambridge Univ Pr, 1986. Book. Fine. Cloth. A fine and presentable copy. Exceptionally clean, and looking very fresh for its vintage. Printed on quality ivory paper with many illustrations. Very neat covers with clean edges, with bright and sharp spine gilt lettering on fine scarlet background. Lower corner slightly bumped and side edge has a little crimp..
