Required readings for CS 99D

CS 99D - The Science of Art
Winter Quarter, 2001
Marc Levoy
Handout #3
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Topic 1: perspective

Read by Thursday, January 11

  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 16

  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 18

Begin reading Kuhn (see below).

Read by Tuesday, January 23

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

Read by Tuesday, January 30

Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo on Painting

Read by Thursday, February 1

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 13

Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo on Painting

Read by Thursday, February 15

  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 Thursday, March 1

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

Read by Tuesday, March 6

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


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