Introduction to the visual medium (painting):
Peculiarities, patterns, and biases of visual perception (Gestalt theory)Elements of visual perception (the theory of "visual maps")
Texts (optional)
Arnheim, R. "Gestalt and Art." Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 2, no. 8 (1943): 71-5.Eibl-Eibesfeldt, I. "The Biological Foundation of Aesthetics." In Beauty and the Brain, edited by I. Rentschler, Herzberger, B., Epstein, D., 29-70. Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhäuser, 1988.
Rentschler, I., Caelli, T., Maffei, L. "Focusing on Art." In Beauty and the Brain, edited by I. Rentschler, Herzberger, B., Epstein, D., 181-218. Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhäuser, 1988.
Images
M.C. Escher (1898-1972)
Day and Night (1938; two-color woodcut)
*Belvedere (1958; lithography)
Upstairs and Downstairs (1960; lithography)
*Circumference IV (1960; two-color woodcut)
*Waterfall (1960; lithography)
Introduction to the auditory medium (music)
Text (optional):
Turner, F., Pöppel, E. "Metered Poetry, the Brain, and Time." In Beauty and the Brain, edited by I. Rentschler, Herzberger, B., Epstein, D., 71-90. Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhäuser, 1988.