Required readings for CS 48N

CS 48N - The Science of Art
Winter Quarter, 2003
Marc Levoy
Handout #3
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Topic 1: perspective

Read by Thursday, January 9

  1. Solso, R.L., Cognition and the Visual Arts, The MIT Press, 1994.
  2. Herman von Helmholtz, Science and Culture: popular and philosophical essays, edited by D. Cahan, University of Chicago Press, 1995.

Read by Tuesday, January 14

  1. Solso, R.L., Cognition and the Visual Arts, The MIT Press, 1994.
  2. Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo on Painting, translated by M. Kemp and M. Walker, Yale University Press, 1989.

Read by Thursday, January 16

Begin reading Kuhn (see below).

Read by Tuesday, January 21

Kuhn, T.S., The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, second edition, enlarged, University of Chicago Press, 1970.

Read by Tuesday, January 28

Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo on Painting

Read by Thursday, January 30

Baigrie, B., editor, Picturing Knowledge: Historical and Philosophical Problems Concerning the Use of Art in Science, University of Toronto Press, 1996

Read by Tuesday, February 6

Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo on Painting

Read by Thursday, February 11

  1. Baxandall, M., Shadows and Enlightenment, Yale University Press, 1995.
  2. Minnaert, M.G.J., Light and Color in the Outdoors, translated and revised by L. Seymour, Springer-Verlag, 1993.

Read by Tuesday, March 4

  1. Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo on Painting
  2. Prepare answers to handout: "Some questions about color"

Read by Thursday, March 6

Kemp, M., The Science of Art, Yale University Press, 1990.


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