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Page 45
... result . But the weaker the stimulus , the more radically can the perceptual trend assert itself . Leonardo da Vinci observes that when the figure of a man is seen from afar , " he will seem a very small round dark body . He will appear ...
... result . But the weaker the stimulus , the more radically can the perceptual trend assert itself . Leonardo da Vinci observes that when the figure of a man is seen from afar , " he will seem a very small round dark body . He will appear ...
Page 101
... result of either imaginary movements of the observer in relation to the picture or of the painted object in relation to the observer ; instead , it is the result of the tension created by visual contradictions in the pictorial pattern ...
... result of either imaginary movements of the observer in relation to the picture or of the painted object in relation to the observer ; instead , it is the result of the tension created by visual contradictions in the pictorial pattern ...
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... resulting percept . At no time does stimulation congeal to a static arrangement . As long as light affects the brain centers of vision , the pushing and pulling keep going on , and the relative stability of the result is nothing but the ...
... resulting percept . At no time does stimulation congeal to a static arrangement . As long as light affects the brain centers of vision , the pushing and pulling keep going on , and the relative stability of the result is nothing but the ...
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