Russell D. Hamer, Ph.D. is a visual neuroscientist who studies how the eye and brain process light information to create our rich visual world. He did research for 22 years at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (San Francisco), followed by 7 years of research and teaching at the Institute of Psychology at the University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He is one of the world’s leading experts on visual development of human infants. His research interests and writings also include Analyses of Art & Aesthetics from the point of view of visual brain mechanisms, Perception & Illusions, the relationship between Science & Human Values, Precision of Human Musical Rhythm, and Evolution of Modern Popular Cuban Music (“Timba”).
Surreal Artist As Neuroscientist
What The Art of Rene Magritte Tells Us About The Brain & Vice Versa
In 1922, Marcel Lecomte showed young Rene Magritte a black-and-white reproduction of "The Song of Love" by the Italian artist, Giorgio de Chirico. The work moved Magritte to tears, and he realized the ascendancy of poetry over art, vowing that, from that moment on, “all my paintings would be visual poems”. Magritte’s journey to become one of the most important Surreal artists of the 20th century thus began with a glance and an epiphany. The massive oeuvre of works that followed, and Magritte’s mastery of infusing the ordinary with surreality, reach us on many levels – perceptual, cognitive, emotional, aesthetic and philosophical. Like a neuroscientist, Magritte revealed our visual brain in action! We will analyze Magritte's paintings from the point-of view of modern visual neuroscience, adding a new dimension to your appreciation of pictorial art in general.
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| Course # W1TB — One Time Event
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| Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Tuesday, February 28 2023 |
| Time: | 9:30 - 11 AM |
| Fee: | $30 / member; $35 / non-member |
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