CANCELLED: NEUROSCIENCE, COLOUR and the VISUAL ARTS

UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENT IS NOW CANCELLED TO MITIGATE THE TRANSMISSION OF COVID19

Art and the illuminant: An exploration of sources of illumination and art.

Wednesday 1st April 2.30pm-6pm
Room C322 the Tait Building, City University

One of  a series of meetings we intended to bring together clinicians and vision scientists to discuss the influence that visual disorders, normal brain function and psychophysical phenomena have on the generation and appreciation of visual art. The meetings will be of interest to vision scientists, ophthalmologists, neurologists and all who practise and appreciate the arts of painting and drawing.

Program

14:30 Introduction: concepts of illumination, painters and paintings
Gordon Plant and Lesta Woo, UCL

15:00 Colourful Insights: Architecture and Visual Impairment
Lesta Woo, Architect, Insights Studio/UCL

15:30 Caravaggio and Vision
Clovis Whitfield, Art historian and author of “Caravaggio’s Eye”

16:00 The Halstead-Granville Tea

16:30 Does colour tell the time of day in paintings?
Anya Hurlbert
Professor of Visual Neuroscience & Dean of Advancement, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University

17:00 Phosphorescence and the appearance of magic in painting
Degard, Royal College of Art

17:30 General Discussion and Close

Tickets are free but limited. They include the Halstead-Granville tea, please sign up at the link below