The Physics of Art: a partial bibliography M. E. Chevreul, The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colors and Their Applications to the Arts (English translation of original 1839 French edition) Schiffer Publishing Co., West Chester, PA, 1987. Lynn Gamwell, Exploring the Invisible: Art, Science, and the Spiritual, Princeton University Press, 2002. Martin Kemp, Visualizations: The Nature Book of Art and Science, University of California Press, Berkeley, 2000. Margaret Livingstone, Vision and Art:The Biology of Seeing, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2002. Michael F. Marmor and James G. Ravin, The Eye of the Artist, Mosby, St. Louis, MO, 1997. Arthur I. Miller, Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time, and the Beauty that Causes Havoc, Basic Books, New York, 2001. Dale Purves and R. Beau Lotto, Why We See What We Do: An Empirical Theory of Vision, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, 2003. Philip Steadman, Vermeer's Camera, Oxford University Press, 2001 A sampling of the many web links related to The Physics of Art Visual perception Dale Purves' lab, Duke University Project LITE, Boston University (See also the "color" and "moire patterns" pages.) San Francisco's Exploratorium Artists and techniques "Vermeer's Camera" - Philip Steadman's research Some background on Seurat's "Grande Jatte" Chiaroscuro (light and shadow in painting) A definition and description; Leonardo da Vinci Artistic perspective and mathematics Shapes: in mathematics, in nature, and in art Snowflake patterns: Kenneth Libbrecht, Caltech Fractals: In nature; In art