Reply To: Is anyone familiar with Jackendoff’s work in linguistics?

  • Shannon McCarthy

    Member
    January 27, 2025 at 6:08 pm

    Hi again, Whit,

    And sorry to be so late a replier. That is a very interesting idea from “The Art of Seeing”. Maybe I will have to read that book, as I have often wondered about this topic, and didn’t know that anyone had addressed it. I admire the Northern Renaissance paintings for their directness. Vermeer is like a zen master of light apprehension. Does she say anything about Turner or Whistler?

    I just saw the Siena: Rise of Painting 1300-1350 exhibit in NYC at the Met that closed yesterday. It goes to the Louvre next, not sure where you are? They showed 1200’s intricate ivory carvings made in France that were exquisitely made and joyful! It has me wondering about the pre-plague mind.

    I wish I truly knew the difference between spatial and visual processing but I don’t yet so I’m no use on this topic, unless there’s some article online that differentiates it? I would like to learn.

    Do you like the vanitas still life paintings or have any thoughts about those?