Jan Koenderink, Science and Art in the 21st Century

On October 6th, 2003 The Foundation for the Advancement of Art presented this conference at New York’s Pierre Hotel. Vision scientist, Dr. Jan Koenderink, gives his talk, Science and Art in the 21st Century, a brief introduction by Stephen Hicks. Jan Koenderink is a Dutch mathematician and psychologist known for his researches on visual perception, computer vision, and geometry. 0:03 Stephen Hicks introduces Jan Koenderink. 1:32 Cortegiano, science and art were commonly dicussed. Artists also considered themselves scientists, John Constable. 6:00 Formal and mathematical sciences are often subjects that are difficult to visualize, remote from daily life. 8:17 The rise and fall of physics, 20th century science reductive, emerging sciences, the importance of perception. 15:40 Psycho physics and ecological optics, problem of pictorial space, depth, surfaces. Painters communicate spatial depth from mind to mind. Hildebrand. The viewer’s perspective of art. 21:20 Material properties.