The Visual World of Shadows
- Paperback
408 pages
- Release Date
26 December 2023
Summary
How the perception of shadows, studied by vision scientists and visual artists, reveals the inner workings of the visual system.
In The Visual World of Shadows, Roberto Casati and Patrick Cavanagh examine how the perception of shadows, as studied by vision scientists and visual artists, reveals the inner workings of the visual system. Shadows are at once a massive problem for vision—which must distinguish them from objects or material features of objects—and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262550840 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262550849 |
| Author: | Roberto Casati, Patrick Cavanagh |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 408 |
| Release Date: | 26 December 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 203mm |
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About The Author
Roberto Casati
Roberto Casati is Director of the Jean Nicod Institute and Professor at EHESS (School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences) in Paris. He is the coauthor of The Visual World of Shadows, Parts and Places, and Holes and Other Superficialities (all MIT Press).
Patrick Cavanagh is a Senior Research Fellow at Glendon College of York University, Toronto, and Research Professor at Dartmouth College.
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