The Art and Science of Depiction -- Frédo Durand

Gaze Movements and Focal Points

introduction to Color

Monday, March 5. 2001

Overview

Gaze movements, saliency, pciture focal point, how to attract the beholder's attention, numvber of focal points and image dynamics. Introduction to color: physical spectrum, cone vision, trichromatic response, metamers, chromatic adaptation, color blindness, color opponents.

Slides of the lecture

Gaze Movements and Foal Points PDF (1 per page) PDF (6 per page) PDF (6 per page, black and white with white background, better for printing) Introduction to Color Vision PDF (1 per page) PDF (6 per page) PDF (6 per page, black and white with white background, better for printing)

Assignments for Monday 12

Read On the relation of optics to painting (Hermann von Helmholtz) Excerpt from Science and Culture, Popular and Philosophical Essays briefly summarize the chapter, 1 page, 12 point double space Feedback Send 5 lines (by e-mail) explaining the most important thing you've learnt in class this week, or the thing you do not agree about or the subject you would have liked to see developed in more details. Illustrative image Bring or send as jpeg an image illustrating one of the issues covered during the lectures (Tuesday or Wednesday). Discussion issue Send me one or two issues or reaction about this week's readings.

Further Reading

Cognition and the Visual Arts, 1995, Robert Solso MIT Press (next book on our list) Vision Science: From photons to phenomenology, Palmer, MIT Press Foundations of Vision, B. A. Wandell, Sinauer, 1995. Visual Perception : Physiology, Psychology and Ecology, Vicki Bruce, P.R. Green and M.A. Georgeson, Psychology Pr, 3rd Edition, 1996.

Related links

Visual Attention Home Page (at Caltech) The Maryland Revolving Field Monitor Some Color Science related pointers CIE Coloring info Color Science Color Model Museum Colorcube Color Matters