Positioning the Tata Nano (B)

Tybout, Alice M.; Fahey, Natalie

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“…Most scholars believe this is a further application of the Euclidean visual cone to art, and thus find the entire description to be anachronistically misattributed. 48 Euclid however, writing within a generation of Democritus, already appears to have a developed notion of perspective. In Optics (Definitions 2 and 4) Euclid explains the connection between apparent magnitudes of the visual angle, the apparent diminution of distantly viewed objects, and how the two interrelate.…”

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Democritus' perspectival theory of vision

Rudolph

2011

J. Hell. Stud.

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Democritus' theory of vision combines the notions of images (εἴδωλα) streaming from objects and air imprints, which gives him the resources to account for the perception of the relative size and distance of objects, not just their characteristics. This perspectival explanation of the visual theory accommodates important but overlooked evidence from Vitruvius. By comparing Democritus' theory with ancient developments in visual representation, my analysis provides a new approach to the evidence of atomist vision. I begin with the process of vision before turning to the Peripatetic objections, showing how a unified theory of vision takes into account all of the ancient testimony and provides possible atomist responses to the criticisms raised against it. I also identify the importance of vision via air imprints as an important metaphor for the conventionality of sensible qualities. Understanding these fundamental issues puts us in a better position to assess Democritus' place in the development of ancient optics and of atomist approaches to sense perception.

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Section: The Visual Raymentioning

confidence: 99%

Democritus' perspectival theory of vision

Rudolph

2011

J. Hell. Stud.

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Positioning the Tata Nano (B)

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