The last half of the twentieth century witnessed dramatic changes in the                  theory of vision. In particular, the "eye-as-camera" metaphor that had long                  dominated the field no longer seemed tenable. Somewhat surprisingly, however, the                  metaphor has maintained its appeal in the study of pictures. In Looking into                  Pictures, philosophers, psychologists, and art historians explore the implications                  of recent theories of vision for our understanding of the nature of pictorial                  representation and picture perception. They examine the dual nature of picture                  perception, the fact that viewers must separate the visual properties of the picture                  itself from those of what the picture represents. Discussing the status of                  perspective, they ask whether perspective renderings of space are special or more                  accurate than those found in other types of pictures, and if so why. Finally, they                  consider the possible need to reconceive pictorial space and the implications of                  such a reconception for the study of picture perception.

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