States of Mind - Season 1 Episode 12
The act of painting a scene is normally imagined to be an exercise in manual dexterity. There is, however, a great deal more to drawing or painting than the simple 'copying' of a visual image on to paper or canvas. Sir Ernst Gombrich, author of Art and Illusion, has spent his life exploring the psychological processes which underlie the making of pictures.
- genus: Documentary
- Studio: BBC Two
- keyword: philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, philosophy of mind
- cast: Jonathan Miller
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