| Instructor:
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Gary J. Klatsky |
| E-mail: |
klatsky@oswego.edu |
| Office |
459 Mahar |
| Phone: |
(315) 312
3474 |
Time:
Location: |
Tuesday 3:00 - 5:45
Mahar 203 |
| Office
Hours |
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| Tuesday |
8:30 – 9:30 |
| Thursday |
2:30 - 3:30 |
Additional
office hours by appointment
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Welcome to Vision
& Design
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Course
Description
This course is an exploration of the visual and perceptual processes
that underlie the perception of the visual arts. Although we will
explore computational and constructive approaches to perception,
the starting point for this course is Gibson’s (1966, 1979)
approach to perception. According to his theory of Direct Perception,
the human visual system has evolved to directly respond to visual
stimulation. The information about surfaces, objects and motion
resides within the optic array that strikes our retinas. Anything
we perceive must be specified by invariant properties of the stimulus,
directly detected. In addition to detailing the characteristics
of the visual stimulus, we will also study the ways in which our
visual system responds to the visual stimuli. The course will take
a more computational approach in exploring the higher level perceptual
processes such as perceiving form and structure.
Although
the course is structured around the processes that comprise the
human visual system, the course will also focus on the design implications
of those processes. In addition to an appreciation of the visual
system, students will gain an understanding of how the perception
of and the design of visual art are driven by those visual processes.
Specific objectives
of this course are:
1. Understand
the nature of the visual stimuli that the human visual system responds
to.
2. Understand how visual perception is determined by the physiology
of the visual system
3. Understand the higher level perceptual processes involved with
the perception of form
4. To understand how visual arts have been developed to resonate
with the processing of the visual system
5. To learn principles of visual design that are based on our knowledge
of the visual system.
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