Timing Perception in Paintings and Sculptures of Edgar Degas

Abstract

The impressionist artist Edgar Degas is widely known for his artistic production dedicated to the representation of movement. Degas has done a careful study, realistically depicting the movement both in his paintings of scenes of horses, women bathing and dancing, and in his sculptures of dancers in various positions of classical ballet. Since movements exist only at the intersection space-time, and visual works of art exist only in physical spaces defined by the works themselves, this article discusses the perception of time in the work of Degas. Therefore, this paper emphasizes aspects of the representation of movement used by the artist and the implied relations of these aspects with the perception of time. The timing perception is addressed according to studies that revealed components of the subjective perception of time related to a meeting of an observer with a work of visual art (aesthetic episode). The Temporality in Edgar Degas's Paintings and SculpturesSeveral pictures of impressionist artist Edgar Degas show dancers and women bathing, performing movements that became repetitive and habitual. 1 These works portray lapses of time indoors, revealing studies of body movement that underscore the inherent temporality of impressionistic painting. Degas's genius consisted precisely in his ability to capture, record and produce snapshots of scenes hitherto impossible to represent realistically. 1 In this essay the only issues discussed were those concerning the representation of movement in the work of Degas. To better understand social aspects showed in his work, brilliantly deployed in his paintings, see Anthea (1995) and Kendall and Pollock (1992).

Time Changes with the Embodiment of Another’s Body Posture

“…The data from Nather and Bueno [14] , [15] , [19] and Chambon, Droit-Volet and Niedenthal [11] are consistent with the growing body of evidence indicating that there is a close relationship between perception and action [20] , [21] . Several imagery studies have shown that observing another individual performing an action activates the same brain areas in the perceiver as those that are involved in the action [22] , [23] .…”

Effect of the Symbolic Meaning of Speed on the Perceived Duration of Children and Adults

“…One theoretical explanation for this outcome refers to arousal. Nather et al (2011) showed that the perceived duration changed as a function of the amount of movement suggested by the static pictures representing the Degas dancers ( Nather et al, 2011 ; Nather and Bueno, 2012 ; see also Sgouramani and Vatakis, 2014 ). On the other hand, if the effect of motion on time perception is due to the reduction of attentional resources dedicated to time, we should expect an underestimation in the moving stimuli condition compared to the static stimuli condition.…”

Time Perception of an Artwork’s Manipulation Is Distorted by Patients With Parkinson’s Disease

“…Several studies conducted in healthy participants have revealed that the appreciation of artworks influences the perception of time (Cocenas-Silva et al, 2011; Ramos and Bueno, 2012; Firmino and Bueno, 2016). In the visual arts, Nather and Bueno (2006, 2011, 2012b) showed that the suggestion of motion in a static image extends the subjective temporal experience.…”