A Hierarchical Theory of Aesthetic Perception: Scales in the Visual Arts. Ivanov, P. B. Leonardo Music Journal, 5:49--55, January, 1995. ArticleType: research-article / Full publication date: 1995 / Copyright © 1995 The MIT Press
A Hierarchical Theory of Aesthetic Perception: Scales in the Visual Arts [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
A new language is proposed to speak of visual form in terms of directional ensembles, which are posited as akin to musical scales. A correspondence is established between musical intonations and plane curves, and plane figures are found to be the analogues of chords. The author presents his general theory of aesthetic perception, originally developed to describe hierarchical scaling in music. This theory is intended to predict all possible directional scales and provide detailed characteristics of their expressive potentials. The theory might find application in painting, sculpture, architecture, ballet and other arts where visual form has an intonational logic. Some aspects of the use of color and size in painting are also discussed.
@article{ivanov_hierarchical_1995,
	title = {A {Hierarchical} {Theory} of {Aesthetic} {Perception}: {Scales} in the {Visual} {Arts}},
	volume = {5},
	issn = {09611215},
	shorttitle = {A {Hierarchical} {Theory} of {Aesthetic} {Perception}},
	url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/1513161},
	doi = {10.2307/1513161},
	abstract = {A new language is proposed to speak of visual form in terms of directional ensembles, which are posited as akin to musical scales. A correspondence is established between musical intonations and plane curves, and plane figures are found to be the analogues of chords. The author presents his general theory of aesthetic perception, originally developed to describe hierarchical scaling in music. This theory is intended to predict all possible directional scales and provide detailed characteristics of their expressive potentials. The theory might find application in painting, sculpture, architecture, ballet and other arts where visual form has an intonational logic. Some aspects of the use of color and size in painting are also discussed.},
	urldate = {2011-02-21TZ},
	journal = {Leonardo Music Journal},
	author = {Ivanov, Pavel B.},
	month = jan,
	year = {1995},
	note = {ArticleType: research-article / Full publication date: 1995 / Copyright © 1995 The MIT Press},
	keywords = {ToRead},
	pages = {49--55}
}

Downloads: 0