The Artful Eye

In the words of Richard Gregory, "Here are to be found novel links to art and science, and to mind and brain. Written by experts in these fields, topics include: The Black Box approach to brain function; how the brain is wired, and its chemistry; how we relate to other animals; the significance of faces; the cost of paying attention; optics and mathematics of vision; the camera oxcura used by Vermeer; art forgery. There are also rather special portraits of artists and scientists. A sculptor of great distinction, the late Dame Elisabeth Frink, describes her life and work. These many themes are captured to weave a tapestry of the intelligent brain behind the artful eye."

Complete with over 200 illustrations, including colour plates by Hockney, Magritte, Vermeer, and others, this is an enlightening mixture of biology and aesthetics which will appeal to psychologists, vision scientists, and all those interested in the effect of the visual arts on the eye and brain.