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The Ecological Approach to the Visual Perception of Pictures

Gibson, James J.·1978·Leonardo
DOI 10.2307/1574154
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Having rejected the picture theory of natural perception we can make a start on picture perception. To see the environment is to extract information from the ambient array of light. What is it, then, to see a picture of something? The information in ambient light does not consist of forms and colors but of invariants. Is it implied that the information in a picture does not consist of forms and colors but of invariants? That sounds very odd, for we suppose that a picture is entirely composed of forms and colors. The kind of vision we get from pictures is harder to understand than the kind we get from ambient light, not easier. It should be considered at the end of a treatise on perception, not at the beginning. It cannot be omitted, for pictures are an essential part of human life as much as

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Authors
Gibson, J. J.
Corresponding author
Gibson, James J.
Venue
Leonardo
Publisher
JSTOR
Published
1978
Volume
11
Issue
3
Pages
227
ISSN
0024-094X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2307/1574154
OpenAlex
W2324134362
Cited by
456
References
20
Citations by year
2026: 29 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 41 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 40 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 5
FWCI
137.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Leonardo (publishedVersion)
  • Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Visual Culture and Art Theory
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Keywords
image perception, visual perception, ecological approach, invariants, visual information

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