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A Scientist Relates Art to the Way in Which the Visual Brain Functions

Inner Vision—An Exploration of Art and the Brain, Semir Zeki. 1999. New York: Oxford University Press. 224 pp., $35.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2002

Alice Theilgaard
Affiliation:
Former professor of psychology, University of Copenhagen.

Extract

Semir Zeki is professor of neurobiology at the University of London, a pioneer in the study of the visual brain, and his massive, up-to-date knowledge of the complexity of the visual system is clearly evident on every page. But what is particularly impressive to the reviewer is how he combines such detailed, in-depth knowledge of neuroscience with rich insights into art. Not many have been able to cross disciplinary boundaries with such grace and to such thought-provoking effect.

Type
Book Review
Copyright
© 2002 The International Neuropsychological Society

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