The use of cues for attention in ancient Greek art: aspects that influence concentration in the work of art and its elements

The goal of this study is to identify cues for the cognitive process of attention in ancient Greek art, aiming to find confirmation of its possible use by ancient Greek audiences and artists. Evidence of cues that trigger attention’s psychological dispositions was searched through content analysis of image reproductions of ancient Greek sculpture and fine vase painting from the archaic to the Hellenistic period - ca. 7th -1st cent. BC. Through this analysis, it was possible to observe the presence of cues that trigger orientation to the work of art (i.e. amplification, contrast, emotional salience, simplification, symmetry), of a cue that triggers a disseminate attention to the parts of the work (i.e. distribution of elements) and of cues that activate selective attention to specific elements in the work of art (i.e. contrast of elements, salient color, central positioning of elements, composition regarding the flow of elements and significant objects). Results support the universality of those dispositions, probably connected with basic competencies that are hard-wired in the nervous system and in the cognitive processes.

The canals of Canada : their prospects and influence : written for a premium offered by His Excellency the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, K. T., governor general of British North America, etc., etc., etc. /

En tête du titre: Prize essay.

A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : adapted to North America, with a view to the improvement of country residences ; comprising historical notices and general principles of the art, directions for laying out gardens and arranging plantations, the description and cultivation of hardy trees, decorative accompaniments to the house and grounds, the formation of pieces of artificial water, flower gardens, etc. ; with remarks on rural architecture /

Signatures: [A][superscript 4] B[superscript 4](-B4), 2-62[superscript 4] 63[superscript 2](-632); 16 leaves of plates.

An essay on a uniform orthography for the Indian languages of North America, as published in the Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

"Appendix. Account of Father Râle's ms. Indian dictionary": p. [40]-42.

Biography and history of the Indians of North America; comprising a general account of them, and details in the lives of all the most distinguished chiefs, and others who have been noted, among the various Indian nations ... also, a history of their wars; their manners and customs; and the most celebrated speeches of their orators ... Likewise exhibiting an analysis of the ... authors who have written upon ... the first peopling of America.

First edition published under title: Indian biography ...

Some particulars relative to the continuance of the endeavours : on the part of the Society of Friends in the United States of North America, for the improvement and gradual civilization of the Indian natives.

"Advertisement": p. [iii]-v at beginning.

A sketch of the further proceedings of the committees appointed by the Yearly Meetings of Friends of Pennsylvania, &c. and Maryland : for promoting the improvement and gradual civilization of the Indian natives in some parts of North America.

Mode of access: Internet.

A discourse on the religion of the Indian tribes of North America. Delivered before the New-York historical society, December 20, 1819.

Shoemaker 1782.

A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : adapted to North America; with a view to the improvement of country residences; comprising historical notices and general principles of the art, directions for laying out grounds and arranging plantations, the description and cultivation of hardy trees, decorative accompaniments to the house and grounds, the formation of pieces of artificial water, flower gardens, etc.; with remarks on rural architecture /

Mode of access: Internet.

Thomas Crawford and art in America. Address before the New York Historical Society, upon the reception of Crawford's statue of the Indian, presented by Frederic De Peyster ... April 6, 1875.

Published by order of the Society.

Bibliography of articles and papers on North American Indian art,

Spine title: Bibliography of North American Indian art.

Indian story and song, from North America,

With music.