Why did Rubens add a parrot to Titian's The Fall of Man? A pictorial manipulation of joint attention.
J Vis
; 24(4): 1, 2024 Apr 01.
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ABSTRACT
Almost 400 years ago, Rubens copied Titian's The Fall of Man, albeit with important changes. Rubens altered Titian's original composition in numerous ways, including by changing the gaze directions of the depicted characters and adding a striking red parrot to the painting. Here, we quantify the impact of Rubens's choices on the viewer's gaze behavior. We displayed digital copies of Rubens's and Titian's artworks-as well as a version of Rubens's painting with the parrot digitally removed-on a computer screen while recording the eye movements produced by observers during free visual exploration of each image. To assess the effects of Rubens's changes to Titian's composition, we directly compared multiple gaze parameters across the different images. We found that participants gazed at Eve's face more frequently in Rubens's painting than in Titian's. In addition, gaze positions were more tightly focused for the former than for the latter, consistent with different allocations of viewer interest. We also investigated how gaze fixation on Eve's face affected the perceptual visibility of the parrot in Rubens's composition and how the parrot's presence versus its absence impacted gaze dynamics. Taken together, our results demonstrate that Rubens's critical deviations from Titian's painting have powerful effects on viewers' oculomotor behavior.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Pinturas
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Loros
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Vis
Asunto de la revista:
OFTALMOLOGIA
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos