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. Paul Rand jacket art. 319 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. Color and black-and-white illustrations throughout. CONTENTS: Preface; List of Illustrations; Part One: The Limits of Likeness; Part Two: Function and Form; Part Three: The Beholder's Share; Part Four: Invention and Discovery; Retrospect; Notes; Index.