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Artists on science: scientists on art
Nature 434, 301-307 (17 March 2005) | doi:10.1038/434301a; Published online 16 March 2005
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The artist as neuroscientist
Patrick Cavanagh1
Abstract
Artistic licence taps into the simplified physics used by our brain to recognize everyday scenes, says Patrick Cavanagh.
Although we rarely confuse a painting for the scene it presents, we are often taken in by the vividness of the lighting and the three-dimensional (3D) layout it captures. This is not surprising for a photorealistic painting, but even very abstract paintings can convey a striking sense of space and light, despite remarkable deviations from realism.
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