The Surrogate Functions of Lines in Visual Perception: Evidence from Antipodal Rock and Cave Artwork Sources

1 September 1974

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Perception

Vol. 3 (3) , 313-322
https://doi.org/10.1068/p030313

Abstract

Lines in outline pictures may function as surrogates for features of the visible environment, without explicit tutoring in a convention (unlike representation in words). This interpretation of line representation is supported by the finding that drawings from ancient sources—in antipodal regions of the world—contain outline depiction of the same features as are found in modern outline sketches.

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