Art and Neuroscience

The author’s intention is to foster further neuroscientific research in the field of art criticism, such as investigations of the possible neural origins of aesthetic pleasure and artistic creation. He conducts such an investigation through reference to a painting by Jacques de Bellange, discussing and analyzing topics such as mental evolution and the faculty of recognition as they relate to the perception and creation of art and the establishment of aesthetic conventions.

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