Rembrandt / Vision Science Work

Using new visual computer modelling techniques, we show that artists use vision based techniques (lost and found edges, center of focus techniques) to guide the eye path of the viewer through their paintings in significant ways.

Rembrandt’s textural agency: A shared perspective in visual art and science
Journal Article: Leonardo, 2010
Vol 43, No 3, pp 145-151

MIT Press

Following The Masters: Viewer Gaze is Directed by Relative Detail in Painted Portraits
Journal Article: Journal of Vision, 2009
Vol 9, No 8, pp 368 (abstract)