Motor perception and anatomical realism in Classical Greek art.
The rise of anatomical realism in sculpture with the Classical Greeks puzzles art historians. Recently, it has been discovered that the motor cortex perceives motor actions. I argue that Classical artists discovered a new aesthetic based on using art to stimulate not just, as previously, the visual cortex, but also the motor one.
Skoyles
J R
JR
Skoyles@globalnet.co.uk
D000715:Anatomy; D004954:Esthetics; D000076145:Greece, Ancient; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009039:Motion Perception; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D012613:Sculpture / Q000266:history*; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception