As images unwind
Subtitle: Ancient and modern theories of visual perception
By: Hoofdtitel ontleend aan José Feliciano
Series: Wetenschapsgeschiedenis
Publisher: University Press Amsterdam
Published: 1972
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9789060421420
Subjects: Visual perception
Genres: Discontinuiteitsgeschiedenis
First sentence: "Did young René Descartes ever pay a visit to the Royal Gardens at Saint Germain?
Description: This is a study in the history of visual perceptual theories from the pre-Socratics to Helmholtz. There are important chapters on Aristotle, Leonardo and Descartes, still valuable today.
The book starts with a methodological introduction about historiography in which the difference between presentism and historical contextualism is stressed. Progressive or Whiggish history writing is rejected.
Notes: There are still a few copies available via internet search.