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Quoting Christopher C Jones <[log in to unmask]>: > Haptic, from the Greek verb, to touch, was introduced to art history and > criticism by Alois Riegl in the later 19th century. More recently it has > found its way into the writings of great philosophers in the work of > Gilles Deleuze. Also, experimental psychology has taken it up as a > possible way we learn to use our eyes. The distinction is between haptic > perception and sensation and optic vision in art theory and Egyptian art > is considered haptic art as distinct from optical art which is said to > start with later Roman art. Circa 1955 my father (in primary education) showed me how children begin as haptic artists, spontaneous, natural, free, joyous, and at a certain point their desire to master perspective etc., ruins all that ... Max ------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au