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Today, our environment is dominated by the visual. This book explores "visual intelligence" as a basic and indispensable tool of cultural survival. The author offers a practical manual on a non-superficial level for those who seriously want to know how images are processed, how they function in relation to our innermost beings, and how they form the psychological fabric of our political, social, and economic environment. Barry defines how we derive meaning from images and examines perceptual process, how it has evolved, and the role it plays in our thinking. She critically examines the…
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2 editions- Other · English · 1997State University of New York Press · 425 pages · 9780791434369
- Other · English · 1997State University of New York Press · 425 pages · 9780791434352
Visual communicationVisual perceptionImage processingHuman information processingImage Processing, Computer-Assisted