Study of Portrait
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion. It is not he who is revealed by the painter; it is rather the painter who, on the coloured canvas, reveals himself. - Oscar Wilde Faces have long been a source of interest to scientists in a wide range of disciplines. In recent years, this breadth of interests approaches and expertise has led directly to rapid advances in our understanding of many different aspects of how we perceive and process faces. Of course, it is not just scientists who are interested in faces. Television and movie cameras focus our attention on faces, and faces cover our magazines and dominate both ancient and modern works of art. Our sensitivity to face-like patterns is highlighted when we see faces in many everyday shapes, such as in clouds and chance arrangements of objects. Portrait Study
