Is Beauty in the Brain of the Beholder?

The article discusses a research in neuroesthetics that seek to determine what happens in the cerebral cortex when a person sees an art and in the process identifies what makes great works of art so mesmerizing. It states that Semir Zeki, a prime mover in neuroesthethics, has dicovered that more tha...

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Publicado en:ARTnews Vol. 109; no. 1; pp. 88 - 94
Autor principal: Landi, Ann
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Penske Business Media, LLC Jan2010
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Sumario:The article discusses a research in neuroesthetics that seek to determine what happens in the cerebral cortex when a person sees an art and in the process identifies what makes great works of art so mesmerizing. It states that Semir Zeki, a prime mover in neuroesthethics, has dicovered that more than one area of the brain is involved in the act of seeing. It mentions that activity occurs in the primary visual cortex and area V5 of the brain when people view actual moving images.