Chapter 8. How the Brain Processes and Perceives Abstract Images

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Part 1. The Two Cultures Meet in the New York School
4. Introduction 3
5. Chapter 1. The Emergence of an Abstract School of Art in New York 9
6. Part 2. A Reductionist Approach to Brain Science
7. Chapter 2. The Beginning of a Scientific Approach to the Perception of Art 17
8. Chapter 3. The Biology of the Beholder’s Share 25
9. Chapter 4. The Biology of Learning and Memory 41
10. Part 3. A Reductionist Approach to Art
11. Chapter 5. Reductionism in the Emergence of Abstract Art 61
12. Chapter 6. Mondrian and the Radical Reduction of the Figurative Image 77
13. Chapter 7. The New York School of Painters 87
14. Chapter 8. How the Brain Processes and Perceives Abstract Images 109
15. Chapter 9. From Figuration to Color Abstraction 123
16. Chapter 10. Color and the Brain 143
17. Chapter 11. A Focus On Light 155
18. Chapter 12. A Reductionist Influence On Figuration 163
19. Part 4. The Emerging Dialogue Between Abstract Art and Science
20. Chapter 13. Why is Reductionism Successful in Art? 177
21. Chapter 14. A Return to the Two Cultures 187
22. Acknowledgments 191
23. Notes 193
24. References 197
25. Illustration Credits 209
26. Index 217