Art and visual perception
a psychology of the creative eye.
by Rudolf Arnheim · first published 1954
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Since its first publication in 1954, this work has established itself as a unique classic. It applies the approaches and findings of modern psychology to the study of art: it describes the visual process that takes place when people create- or look at- works in the various arts, and explains how the eye organizes visual material according to definite psychological laws. Fresh in thought, clean in style, this book is a highly readable contribution to the study of aesthetics. It could be recommended as an excellent introduction to the psychology of perception, however, it is the art lover, wheth
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Another classic on the topic is "Art and Visual Perception" by Rudolf Arnheim.
on “Photography Composition” ↗It's not really a new thing. Rudolf Arnheim's Art and Visual Perception (published in 1974, widely read in art school from what I understand) had a whole chapter about exactly the same material as in that blog post. But before that it had a chapter on the psychology of color,…
on “Color wheels are wrong? How color vision actually works” ↗