-----Original Message----- From: Jack Davis <[email protected]> To: news <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Mar 2, 2015 3:40 am Subject: [AE] IP LAF | WED 11 MARCH: Roberto Casati b Problems of light and shadows in art
London Aesthetics Forum (Institute of Philosophy) Wednesday, 11 March 2015 | 16.00 b 18.00Senate House, Room 349 Roberto CasatiB (Jean Nicod) Problems of light and shadows in art Shadows are a massive feature of our visual environment, in which objects block light, our principal source of information. They are a problem for vision, which must distinguish them from full-blown objects or from permanent features, and at the same time they are a resource, as they signal objects' presence, location, shape and size - among other properties. Much of the information from shadows is processed automatically and then can be consciously accessed. Once used, shadows end up in the visual dustbin b they are hardly noticed b from where they can be retrieved only in certain special circumstances. For their visual b and conceptual b complexity, shadows have fascinated artists, whose explorations areB in nuceB psychological experiments. I shall document some steps of these exploration, based on a large database of shadow paintings from the Renaissance. By presenting what I consider to be a weak, but robust, cognitive approach to art, I shall also make some considerations about alternate approaches. The talk will be free and open to all. For more information please visit our websiteB www.londonaestheticsforum.orgThe London Aesthetics Forum (Institute of Philosophy) is generously supported by theB British Society of Aesthetics ------------------------------ To listen to audio podcasts of previous talks at LAF followB this link.B To receive all new episodes as they become available, you can subscribe to our podcast stream on iTunesB here. B Subscription is free. --------------------London Aesthetics Forumhttp://www.londonaestheticsforum.orgLondon Aesthetics podcastB onB iTunesLondon Aesthetics Forum is an initiative of the Institute of Philosophy (School of Advanced Study, University of London) and is generously supported by the British Society of Aesthetics. _______________________________________________ news mailing list [email protected] http://lists.aesthetics-online.org/listinfo.cgi/news-aesthetics-online.org
