Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation (The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, 1956) (Bollingen Series XXXV, 5)

xxxi, 466 pp. Color and black-and-white illustrations. An attempt to explain rationally the shifting styles of art, from antiquity to the present, employing modern concepts of visual perception, information theory, and learning. CONTENTS: Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Psychology and the Riddle of Style; Part One: The Limits of Likeness - I. From Light into Paint; II. Truth and the Stereotype; Part Two: Function and Form - III. Pygmalion's Power; IV. Reflections on the Greek Revolution; V. Formula and Experience; Part Three: The Beholder's Share - VI. The Image in the Clouds; VII. Conditions of Illusion; VIII. Ambiguities of the Third Dimension; Part Four: Invention and Discovery - IX. The Analysis of Vision in Art; X. The Experiment of Caricature; XI. From Representation to Expression; Retrospect; Notes; Index.