Perception of Pictures (eBook)

Durer's Devices: Beyond the Projective Model of Pictures

Margaret A. Hagen (Herausgeber)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
380 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4832-5956-7 (ISBN)

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Durer's Devices: Beyond the Projective Model of Pictures is a collection of papers that discusses the nature of picture making and perception. One paper presents a perceptual theory of pictorial representation in which cultural and historical options in styles of depiction that appear to be different are actually closely related perceptually. Another paper discusses pictorial functions and perceptual structures including pictorial representation, perceptual theory, flat canvass, and the deep world. One paper suggests that perception can be more a matter of information 'make up' than 'pick up.' Light becomes somewhat informative and the eye, correspondingly, becomes less or more presumptive. Another paper notes that human vision is transformed by our modes of representation, that image formation can be essentially incomplete, false, or misleading (primarily as regards dramatic performance and pictorial representation). One paper makes three claims that: (1) the blind have untapped depiction abilities; (2) haptics, involving the sense of touch, have an intuitive sense of perspective; and (3) depiction is perceptual based on graphic elements and pictorial configurations. The collection is suitable for psychologists, physiologists, psychophysicists, and researchers in human perception or phenomenology.

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Durer's Devices: Beyond the Projective Model of Pictures is a collection of papers that discusses the nature of picture making and perception. One paper presents a perceptual theory of pictorial representation in which cultural and historical options in styles of depiction that appear to be different are actually closely related perceptually. Another paper discusses pictorial functions and perceptual structures including pictorial representation, perceptual theory, flat canvass, and the deep world. One paper suggests that perception can be more a matter of information "e;make up"e; than "e;pick up."e; Light becomes somewhat informative and the eye, correspondingly, becomes less or more presumptive. Another paper notes that human vision is transformed by our modes of representation, that image formation can be essentially incomplete, false, or misleading (primarily as regards dramatic performance and pictorial representation). One paper makes three claims that: (1) the blind have untapped depiction abilities; (2) haptics, involving the sense of touch, have an intuitive sense of perspective; and (3) depiction is perceptual based on graphic elements and pictorial configurations. The collection is suitable for psychologists, physiologists, psychophysicists, and researchers in human perception or phenomenology.

Inhalt

Front Cover 
1 
Multilateral Negotiation and Mediation 4
Copyright Page 
5 
Table of Contents 6
About the Contributors 8
Foreword 10
PART 1: SECURITY COUNCIL NEGOTIATIONS 12
Chapter 1. The Security Council as an Instrument for Peace 14
THE TASK 14
ASSETS: SIZE AND SPEED 14
PROCEDURE 15
PROPOSALS FOR CHANGE 18
NEGOTIATIONS AND PERFORMANCE 19
NOTES 24
Editor's Comments on Security Council Negotiations 25
PART 2: REGIONAL NEGOTIATIONS 26
Chapter 2. OAS Negotiations 28
TERMS OF REFERENCE 28
INTRODUCTION 28
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 30
FRAME OF REFERENCE 32
APPLICABLE MECHANISMS 
34 
Chapter 3. Arab League Negotiations 43
FORMATION OF THE ARAB LEAGUE SYSTEM 43
THE ARAB COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY AND THE ARAB JOINT DEFENCE 45
THE OPERATION OF THE ARAB LEAGUE SYSTEM IN REGIONAL NEGOTIATIONS 46
NOTES 49
Chapter 4. Multilateral Diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli Conflict 51
THE RECORD 51
THE RESULTS 55
Editor's Comments on Regional Negotiations 60
PART 3: INTER-REGIONAL NEGOTIATIONS 62
Chapter 5. Commonwealth Cross Sections: Prenegotiation to Minimize Conflict and to Develop Cooperation 64
NOTES 84
Editor's Comments on Inter-regional Negotiations 85
PART 4: THE SMALL-STATE FACTOR IN DISPUTE SETTLEMENT 86
Chapter 6. Small States and the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes 88
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF NEGOTIATION AND MEDIATION 88
THEORETICAL STUDIES AND REAL-WORLD NEGOTIATIONS 89
MODELS AND REALITY: A CASE 90
THE PRINCIPLE OF COMPREHENSIVE FORMULA 91
THE CONTEXT 92
SMALL STATES AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT 93
THE PREMISES OF THE POLITICAL APPROACH 94
PRACTICAL CONTRIBUTIONS 96
THE UN DECLARATION OF 1982 97
CONCLUSIONS 98
NOTES 99
Editor's Comments on Peaceful Settlement of Disputes 100
PART 5: DISARMAMENT NEGOTIATIONS 102
Chapter 7. Multilateral Forums 104
BACKGROUND 104
WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED 107
CONCLUSIONS 114
THE FIRST SPECIAL SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEVOTED TO DISARMAMENT, MAY-JUNE 1978 114
TWO CASE STUDIES 116
FINAL CONCLUSIONS 121
Chapter 8. The Search for Common Ground Among the Superpowers 126
Editor's Comments on Disarmament Negotiations 139
PART 6: NORTH-SOUTH NEGOTIATIONS 142
Chapter 9. A Methodological Summary 144
INTRODUCTION: THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF MULTILATERAL NORTH-SOUTH NEGOTIATIONS 144
THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS 146
PRESIDING OFFICERS 151
SUBSIDIARY ACTORS: INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR 153
TACTICS IN NORTH-SOUTH NEGOTIATIONS 154
IMPROVING THE NEGOTIATING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF NORTH-SOUTH NEGOTIATIONS 156
SOME CONCLUDING SUGGESTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS 161
NOTES 164
Chapter 10. The Main Forces at Work 165
THE NEGOTIATION CYCLE 165
SOURCES OF IDEAS 167
CONVERTING IDEAS INTO ISSUES 168
SELECTION OF IDEAS 168
SELLING THE IDEA 169
PREVENTING DEFLECTION FROM THE MAIN IDEA 170
CONTINUITY OF IDEAS 171
FORMULATIONS OF COUNTRY POSITIONS AND THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL DELEGATES 172
FORMULATION OF REGIONAL POSITIONS 175
FORMULATION OF THE POSITION OF THE GROUP OF 77 175
NORTH-SOUTH BARGAINING 180
GUIDELINES FOR NORTH-SOUTH NEGOTIATIONS 182
FORMAT OF NORTH-SOUTH NEGOTIATIONS 185
Editor's Comments on North-South Negotiations 188
PART 7: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND NEGOTIATION 192
Chapter 11. International Law, Mediation, and Negotiation 194
NOTES 206
Editor's Comments on International Law and Negotiation 207
List of Acronyms 208
Index 210

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.5.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Grafik / Design
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• ISBN-10: 1-4832-5956-0 / 1483259560
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-5956-7 / 9781483259567