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Theory of Knowledge Presentation - Colour: Problems

The document discusses how sense perception and emotion affect how we see and interpret art. It explores several optical illusions and theories related to figure-ground perception, expectation, and color psychology. While sense perception and emotion are argued to influence our initial experience of art, the document concludes that art is also affected by imagination, reasoning, and other ways of knowing.

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Theory of Knowledge Presentation - Colour: Problems

The document discusses how sense perception and emotion affect how we see and interpret art. It explores several optical illusions and theories related to figure-ground perception, expectation, and color psychology. While sense perception and emotion are argued to influence our initial experience of art, the document concludes that art is also affected by imagination, reasoning, and other ways of knowing.

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Theory of Knowledge

Presentation – Colour
Problems

1
The Brain Games – National
Geographic Channel – explores
sense perception
B/W picture of a man – Age?
Coloured picture of a man –
age?
Difference - remarkable

Real Life Situation


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To what extend do emotion
and sense perception affect
how we see art?

Knowledge 003768-0006 3
Areas of Ways of
Knowled Knowing:
ge: 1.Sense
1.Art Perceptio
n (sight)
2.Emotion

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Sight is affect by:
Optical illusions
Expectation
Figure and ground theory

Reliability of sight
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Two contrasting
colours put together
– plays trick of
movement and
colour definition
Black/white borders
– make the picture
move

Optical illusions
Is the picture moving?

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Exposure to
alternating
patters –
angle of
pictures –
brightness or
colours
Mind –
trained to
see motion –
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If we expect something to happen –
we see that happening
An Christian expects to see a demon
in someone – they will perceive a
mentally sick person as ‘possessed’
– their activities are thus that of a
demon

Expectation
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How does the brain
decide which is the
figure and which is
the background?
Size – smaller
regions – figures
Colors – a brighter
colour is always
chosen as
background
Figure and Ground
Theory
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There are three stages of interpreting
an art:
1. Notice and observe the color
schemes
2. Relation to experience/memories
3. Interpreting what it means

Art and Sense


Perception (Claim)
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Problems with Art
and Sense perception
Counter- claim
Ignorance – you don’t see what
you don’t like
Biasness – if it doesn’t fit with
your morals – you ignore/dislike
the art
McGurk’s Effect

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Depends on visual speed information
Shows conflict between what we
hear and what we see
Hearing contrasts our sight
In this case which sense of
perception is more reliable?
Sight – overrules any other senses –

McGurk’s Effect
wrong information perceived.

(counter-claim)
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Some colours make brighter emotions and
some make dull
Yellow – brightness and knowledge
Grey – dullness and depression
Depends on whether they can be understood
easily
Simple pictures = easy to understand = more
emotions = get higher rating and preference
Spread World wide knowledge

Art and Emotion (claim)


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States that emotions are used to
drive a person towards or away to a
goal
Positive emotions – happy – towards
a goal
Negative emotions – sadness –
away from goal (depression)

Minimal Model
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Psychology: Not everyone feels the
same emotion (Red – Blood/ love)
Reliability of these emotions and their
experimentation – no definite proof
Rationality – some emotions may be
strong but not relevant to the picture
(depends on experience, emotional
background, environment, etc.)

Problems with Art and


Emotion (counter-claim)
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Art is affected by not only sense
perception and emotion but also by
other ways of knowing
Imagination helps us come to vast
amount of conclusions about one art
piece
Reasoning helps depict whether an
idea is reasonable or not.

Conclusion
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RED
YELLOW Stroop Effect: It
is hard to read the
BLUE colors and not
words – creates a
GREEN problem in sense
perception –
naming colors
requires more
concentration
than reading word
Real Life Situation
(selective
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Bibliography
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_and_emotion#Basis_for_E
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<http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?
qid=20090511153535AA65QAr>.
"Art and Emotion." Free Online Arts Games. N.p., n.d. Web.
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Bibliography
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