Piero della Francesca. Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Angels, c. 1460-70. Oil (and tempera?) transferred to fabric on panel 42.4 x 30.9 inches

Please Explain: Neuroaesthetics

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 30, 2013

Neuroaesthetics is an emerging field of studying art through neuroscience to find out what it is about certain works of art that moves us. David Freedberg, the Pierre Matisse Professor of the history of art at Columbia University, and Neuroscientist Ed Vessel, research scientist at the NYU Center for Brain Imaging, explain what happens in our brains when we see artwork that we find beautiful and what the neuroaesthetics is revealing  how we look at art and the mind. 

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