Robert Pepperell
Biographic Data
| ID | 962709 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Pepperell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Pepperell |
| SIGNATURE | PEPPERELL R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4728-4122 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A computational approach to studying aesthetic judgments of ambiguous artworks
Preference for curvature in paintings extends to museum context
In the last two decades, contour shape has been widely studied as a factor in visual aesthetic preference.Many studies have shown that humans and other species usually prefer curved to sharp-angled contours.The reasons for this preference, although keenly debated, still remain unclear.Studies of preference for curvature have tended to rely on simple visual stimuli due to the need to control confounding variables, which has limited investigation o…
Explaining the curvature effect: Perceptual and hedonic evaluations of visual contour
Neuroscience and Art: The Neurocultural Landscape
Preference for paintings is also affected by curvature
The research was funded by the project PSI2016-77327-P of the Spanish government (AEI/ERDF, EU). The Erick G. Chuquichamb acknowledges the pre-doctoral contract FPU18/00365 granted by the Spanish government.Conception, design and performing of the experiments for Study 1: Nicole Ruta and Robert Pepperell. Conception, design and performing of the experiments for Study 2: Enric Munar, Javier Vañó, Erick G. Chuquichambi, Carlos Rey
Slow Looking at Slow Art: The Work of Pierre Bonnard
Slow looking is an increasingly prevalent strategy for enhancing visitor engagement in the gallery, yet there is little research to show why looking at artworks for longer should be beneficial. The curator of a recent exhibition of Pierre Bonnard at the Tate Gallery in London encouraged viewers to look slowly in order to enrich their experience of Bonnard’s paintings. This article explores some of the reasons why Bonnard’s work, in particular, re…
Egocentric Perspective: Depicting the Body from Its Own Point of View
We are almost always visible to ourselves. Depending on how you are seated, reclining or standing, you will see parts of your nose, legs, hands, arms, shoulders or trunk from your own point of view. Yet these everyday features of our visual world are rarely depicted—and hardly ever in a way that accords with our perceptual experience. This paper will consider why we tend to ignore this “egocentric perspective” and how it can be represented
The New Mind: Thinking beyond the head
Denying the content–vehicle distinction: A response to ‘The New Mind Revisited’
How can visual experience be depicted? A study of close-up double vision
The attempt to record visual experience has been of central importance to many artists throughout the history of art. Vision itself is made up of many processes, both psychological and physiological, and is still only partially understood. This paper presents research into an aspect of visual experience descried as ‘close-up double vision’, which has been directly informed by the artwork of the Swansea born artist Evan Walters. Close-up double vi…
Give Me Gestalt! Preference for Cubist Artworks Revealing High Detectability of Objects
In cubist paintings by Picasso, Braque and Gris it is possible to detect everyday objects like guitars, bottles or jugs, although they are often difficult to decipher. In this art-science collaborative study the authors found that participants without expertise in cubism appreciated cubist artworks more if they were able to detect concealed objects in them. The finding of this strong correlation between detectability and preference offers wide im…
An Information Sublime: Knowledge after The Postmodern Condition
It is now 30 years since the publication of Jean- François Lyotard’s influential report on the state of knowledge in industrialized nations, The Postmodern Condition. In it he argued against totalizing systems of thought, such as Marxism, and argued instead for a plurality of ideas supported by the free flow of infor- mation through computer networks. It is a measure of the report’s farsightedness that its proposals raise few objections, even eye…
In The Eye of The Beholder: The Perception of Indeterminate Art
April 01 2008 In The Eye of The Beholder: The Perception of Indeterminate Art Christian Wallraven, Christian Wallraven Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Kathrin Kaulard, Kathrin Kaulard Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Cora Kürner, Cora Kürner 1Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other w…
Applications for conscious systems
The Paradoxes of Art: A Phenomenological Investigation
June 01 2006 The Paradoxes of Art: A Phenomenological Investigation Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Robert Pepperell E-mail: [email protected] Online ISSN: 1530-9282 Print ISSN: 0024-094X © 2006 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2006 Leonardo (2006) 39 (3): 265–266. https://doi.org/10.1162/leon.2006.39.3.265a …
Seeing without Objects: Visual Indeterminacy and Art
This article discusses the perceptual phenomenon of visual indeterminacy in an art-historical and scientific context and considers the phenomenon's role in certain heightened states of awareness. Further philosophical implications of the phenomenon are discussed, specifically the suggestion that visual indeterminacy may point to an inherent contradiction in the relationship between mind and world. This discussion is then related to a body of artw…
Leonardo Reviews
August 01 2005 Beyond the Limits of Thought Beyond the Limits of Thought by GrahamPriest. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, U.K., 2003. 336 pp. Trade. ISBN: 0-19-925405-2. Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell University of Plymouth, University of Wales, Newport, U.K. E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Robert Pepperell University of Plymouth, University of Wales, N…
Leonardo Reviews
February 01 2005 Essential Sources in the Scientific Study of Consciousness Essential Sources in the Scientific Study of Consciousness edited by Bernard J.Baars, William P.Banks and James B.Newman. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 2003. 1,163 pp., illus. ISBN 0-262-52302-7. Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Robert Pepp…
Leonardo Reviews
October 01 2005 The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain by Robert L.Solso MIT PressCambridge, MA, U.S.A. 2003. 294 pp., illus. Trade. ISBN: 0-262-19484-8 Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Robert Pepperell E-mail: [email protected]…
Leonardo Reviews
February 01 2004 Einstein Picasso: Space, Time, and the Beauty That Causes Havoc; Inner Vision: An Exploration of Art and the Brain Einstein Picasso: Space, Time, and the Beauty That Causes Havoc by Arthur I.Miller. Basic Books, New York, 2001. 267 pp., illus. ISBN 0-465-01859-9Inner Vision: An Exploration of Art and the Brain by SemirZeki. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, U.K., 1999. 218 pp., illus. ISBN 0-19-850519-1 Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperel…
Leonardo Reviews
June 01 2004 The Curvature of Spacetime: Newton, Einstein, and Gravitation The Curvature of Spacetime: Newton, Einstein, and Gravitation by HaraldFritzsch. KarinHeusch, trans. New York, Columbia Univ. Press, 2002. 320 pp., illus. ISBN: 0-231-11820-1. Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell Polar (the Posthuman Laboratory for Arts Research). E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Art…
Leonardo Reviews
October 01 2004 Spectral Evidence: The Photography of Trauma Spectral Evidence: The Photography of Trauma by UlrichBaer. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 2002. 182 pp., illus. ISBN: 0-262-02515-9. Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Robert Pepperell E-mail: [email protected]. Online Issn: 1530-9282 Print Issn: 0024-0…
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June 01 2004 Memories are Made of This: How Memory Works in Humans and Animals Memories are Made of This: How Memory Works in Humans and Animals by RusikoBourtchouladze. Columbia Univ. Press, New York, 2002. 208 pp., illus. ISBN: 0-231-12020-6. Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell Polar (the Posthuman Laboratory for Arts Research). E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article I…
The Posthuman Condition: Consciousness Beyond the Brain
Seeing without Objects: Visual Indeterminacy and Art
This article discusses the perceptual phenomenon of visual indeterminacy in an art-historical and scientific context and considers the phenomenon's role in certain heightened states of awareness. Further philosophical implications of the phenomenon are discussed, specifically the suggestion that visual indeterminacy may point to an inherent contradiction in the relationship between mind and world. This discussion is then related to a body of artw…
Give Me Gestalt! Preference for Cubist Artworks Revealing High Detectability of Objects
In cubist paintings by Picasso, Braque and Gris it is possible to detect everyday objects like guitars, bottles or jugs, although they are often difficult to decipher. In this art-science collaborative study the authors found that participants without expertise in cubism appreciated cubist artworks more if they were able to detect concealed objects in them. The finding of this strong correlation between detectability and preference offers wide im…
The Posthuman Condition: Consciousness Beyond the Brain
Art, Obsession and Possession: Is Freud Still Interesting
August 01 2002 Hans Bellmer: The Anatomy of Anxiety; Myth and Metamorphosis: Picasso's Classical Prints of the 1930s Hans Bellmer: The Anatomy of Anxiety by SueTaylor. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 2000. 310 pp., illus. ISBN: 0-262-20130-5.Myth and Metamorphosis: Picasso's Classical Prints of the 1930s by LisaFlorman. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 2000. 243 pp., illus. ISBN: 0-262-06213-5. Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell School of Art, …
Leonardo Reviews
October 01 2003 Fantasies of Fetishism: From Decadence to The Post-Human Fantasies of Fetishism: From Decadence to The Post-Human by AmandaFernbach. Edinburgh Univ. Press, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., 2002. 239 pp., illus. Trade. ISBN: 0-7486-1616-0. Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell Polar (Posthuman Laboratory for Arts Research). E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article In…
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August 01 2003 From Energy to Information: Representation in Science and Technology, Art, and Literature From Energy to Information: Representation in Science and Technology, Art, and Literature edited by BruceClarke and Linda DalrympleHenderson. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, CA, U.S.A., 2002. 364 pp., illus. ISBN 0-8047-4176-1. Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell Polar (Posthuman Laboratory for Arts Research). E-mail:[email protected]. Sear…
Leonardo Reviews
October 01 2003 Where The Action Is: The Foundations of Embodied Interaction Where The Action Is: The Foundations of Embodied Interaction by PaulDourish. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 2001. 229 pp., illus. ISBN: 0-262-04196-0. Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell Polar (Posthuman Laboratory for Arts Research). E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Robert …
Leonardo Reviews
February 01 2004 Einstein Picasso: Space, Time, and the Beauty That Causes Havoc; Inner Vision: An Exploration of Art and the Brain Einstein Picasso: Space, Time, and the Beauty That Causes Havoc by Arthur I.Miller. Basic Books, New York, 2001. 267 pp., illus. ISBN 0-465-01859-9Inner Vision: An Exploration of Art and the Brain by SemirZeki. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, U.K., 1999. 218 pp., illus. ISBN 0-19-850519-1 Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperel…
Leonardo Reviews
June 01 2004 The Curvature of Spacetime: Newton, Einstein, and Gravitation The Curvature of Spacetime: Newton, Einstein, and Gravitation by HaraldFritzsch. KarinHeusch, trans. New York, Columbia Univ. Press, 2002. 320 pp., illus. ISBN: 0-231-11820-1. Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell Polar (the Posthuman Laboratory for Arts Research). E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Art…
Leonardo Reviews
October 01 2004 Spectral Evidence: The Photography of Trauma Spectral Evidence: The Photography of Trauma by UlrichBaer. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 2002. 182 pp., illus. ISBN: 0-262-02515-9. Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Robert Pepperell E-mail: [email protected]. Online Issn: 1530-9282 Print Issn: 0024-0…
Leonardo Reviews
Leonardo Reviews
Leonardo Reviews
June 01 2004 Memories are Made of This: How Memory Works in Humans and Animals Memories are Made of This: How Memory Works in Humans and Animals by RusikoBourtchouladze. Columbia Univ. Press, New York, 2002. 208 pp., illus. ISBN: 0-231-12020-6. Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell Polar (the Posthuman Laboratory for Arts Research). E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article I…
Leonardo Reviews
Leonardo Reviews
August 01 2005 Beyond the Limits of Thought Beyond the Limits of Thought by GrahamPriest. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, U.K., 2003. 336 pp. Trade. ISBN: 0-19-925405-2. Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell University of Plymouth, University of Wales, Newport, U.K. E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Robert Pepperell University of Plymouth, University of Wales, N…
Leonardo Reviews
February 01 2005 Essential Sources in the Scientific Study of Consciousness Essential Sources in the Scientific Study of Consciousness edited by Bernard J.Baars, William P.Banks and James B.Newman. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 2003. 1,163 pp., illus. ISBN 0-262-52302-7. Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Robert Pepp…
Leonardo Reviews
October 01 2005 The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain by Robert L.Solso MIT PressCambridge, MA, U.S.A. 2003. 294 pp., illus. Trade. ISBN: 0-262-19484-8 Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Robert Pepperell E-mail: [email protected]…
The Paradoxes of Art: A Phenomenological Investigation
June 01 2006 The Paradoxes of Art: A Phenomenological Investigation Robert Pepperell Robert Pepperell E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Robert Pepperell E-mail: [email protected] Online ISSN: 1530-9282 Print ISSN: 0024-094X © 2006 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2006 Leonardo (2006) 39 (3): 265–266. https://doi.org/10.1162/leon.2006.39.3.265a …
Seeing without Objects: Visual Indeterminacy and Art
This article discusses the perceptual phenomenon of visual indeterminacy in an art-historical and scientific context and considers the phenomenon's role in certain heightened states of awareness. Further philosophical implications of the phenomenon are discussed, specifically the suggestion that visual indeterminacy may point to an inherent contradiction in the relationship between mind and world. This discussion is then related to a body of artw…
Applications for conscious systems
In The Eye of The Beholder: The Perception of Indeterminate Art
April 01 2008 In The Eye of The Beholder: The Perception of Indeterminate Art Christian Wallraven, Christian Wallraven Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Kathrin Kaulard, Kathrin Kaulard Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Cora Kürner, Cora Kürner 1Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other w…
An Information Sublime: Knowledge after The Postmodern Condition
It is now 30 years since the publication of Jean- François Lyotard’s influential report on the state of knowledge in industrialized nations, The Postmodern Condition. In it he argued against totalizing systems of thought, such as Marxism, and argued instead for a plurality of ideas supported by the free flow of infor- mation through computer networks. It is a measure of the report’s farsightedness that its proposals raise few objections, even eye…
The New Mind: Thinking beyond the head
Denying the content–vehicle distinction: A response to ‘The New Mind Revisited’
How can visual experience be depicted? A study of close-up double vision
The attempt to record visual experience has been of central importance to many artists throughout the history of art. Vision itself is made up of many processes, both psychological and physiological, and is still only partially understood. This paper presents research into an aspect of visual experience descried as ‘close-up double vision’, which has been directly informed by the artwork of the Swansea born artist Evan Walters. Close-up double vi…
Give Me Gestalt! Preference for Cubist Artworks Revealing High Detectability of Objects
In cubist paintings by Picasso, Braque and Gris it is possible to detect everyday objects like guitars, bottles or jugs, although they are often difficult to decipher. In this art-science collaborative study the authors found that participants without expertise in cubism appreciated cubist artworks more if they were able to detect concealed objects in them. The finding of this strong correlation between detectability and preference offers wide im…
Egocentric Perspective: Depicting the Body from Its Own Point of View
We are almost always visible to ourselves. Depending on how you are seated, reclining or standing, you will see parts of your nose, legs, hands, arms, shoulders or trunk from your own point of view. Yet these everyday features of our visual world are rarely depicted—and hardly ever in a way that accords with our perceptual experience. This paper will consider why we tend to ignore this “egocentric perspective” and how it can be represented
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