Some Physiological Limitations on Aesthetic Experience in the Visual Arts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3357331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George K Shorte, George K Shortess (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 57 |
| Publication date | 1974-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leonardo (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-094X • E-ISSN: 1530-9282 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1572742 |
| OpenAlex | W2327546678 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Any functioning system can, of course, perform only a certain set of tasks since it is constrained by its components and the structural and functional relationships among them. Thus, within the nervous system there are certain constraints that limit and, under certain conditions, dominate neural activity, including aesthetic responses. It is not the intent here to define aesthetic response in any complete manner. It should be agreed, however, that nervous system activity is, at least, part of the response to art objects [1]. It follows that the particular characteristics of the nervous system will filter and accentuate sensory information in ways that place constraints on the aesthetic response and that, in one sense at least, partially define the aesthetic response. Examples from several sensory modalities could be used to develop this idea in some detail. However, the visual system provides a number of examples such as responses to edge, line, color, texture, depth and spacing. In the discussion to follow, the response of the visual nervous system to edges and lines will be used since probably more is known about the neural response to this aspect of the visual stimulus than to others. Also edge or line stimulation results in an elaboration, in one form or another, by most neural units responsive to visual stimulation
Aesthetics · Art · The arts · Visual arts · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Color perception and design · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |