{"id":2202,"date":"2013-05-18T08:54:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T08:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2013\/05\/18\/art-in-this-view-is-a-form-of-visual-foreplay-for\/"},"modified":"2013-05-18T08:54:15","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T08:54:15","slug":"art-in-this-view-is-a-form-of-visual-foreplay-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/05\/18\/art-in-this-view-is-a-form-of-visual-foreplay-for\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Art in this view is a form of visual foreplay for the grand climax of object recognition. The law of perceptual problem solving, or peekaboo, should now make more sense. It may have evolved to ensure that the search for visual solutions is inherently pleasurable rather than frustrating, so that you don\u2019t give up too easily. Hence the appeal of a nude behind semitransparent clothes or the smudged water lilies of Monet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ramachandran, V.S.<\/strong> The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist\u2019s Quest for What Makes Us Human.<\/em> New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011. (via carvalhais<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Art in this view is a form of visual foreplay for the grand climax of object recognition. The law of perceptual problem solving, or peekaboo, should now make more sense. It may have evolved to ensure that the search for visual solutions is inherently pleasurable rather than frustrating, so that you don\u2019t give up too […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-video_graphics","post_format-post-format-quote"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-zw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2187,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/05\/19\/esany-visual-grammer-the-hybrid-city\/","url_meta":{"origin":2202,"position":0},"title":"esany: Visual Grammer \/ The\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"May 19, 2013","format":"video","excerpt":"esany: Visual Grammer \/ The Hybrid City (Source: http:\/\/esany.tumblr.com\/)","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":897,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/07\/30\/visual-poetry-life-a-tactile-comic-for-the\/","url_meta":{"origin":2202,"position":1},"title":"visual-poetry: \u00bblife\u00ab a tactile comic\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"July 30, 2013","format":"gallery","excerpt":"visual-poetry: \u00bblife\u00ab a tactile comic for the blind by philipp meyer i received this wonderful booklet today - contact philipp to get it directly from him [read more about this project]","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monochromist.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/tumblr_mqqr3nXrcO1qaruxco1_1280.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6360,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2021\/07\/18\/6360\/","url_meta":{"origin":2202,"position":2},"title":"abstract structures \/ visual grammar","author":"monochromist","date":"July 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Visual Grammar (Design Briefs) by Christian Leborg","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monochromist.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Untitled-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3672,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/15\/a-visual-journal-of-maldives-theory\/","url_meta":{"origin":2202,"position":3},"title":"a visual journal of maldives \u00bb Theory","author":"monochromist","date":"March 15, 2011","format":"link","excerpt":"a visual journal of maldives \u00bb Theoryhttp:\/\/www.anthology-of-art.net\/inside\/index.html The relationship between writing and art: http:\/\/www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk\/contemporary-art\/sensationalisation-of-art-and-dialogue.htm 2 Comments \u00bb artists in response to their dynamic cultural environments. 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