PERSPECTIVE article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Perception Science
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1630107
This article is part of the Research TopicAt the Borders of Movement, Art, and Neurosciences- Volume IIView all 3 articles
Multisensory Perception and Action in Painting: Science, Creativity, and Technology
Provisionally accepted
- 1UVIP, Unit for Visually Impaired People, Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genova, Italy
- 2RBCS Robotics, brain and cognitive sciences, Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genova, Italy
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Painting comes from the desire to create through movement and color a non-existent image, making it real. To create a new pictorial composition, a close harmony between the creative process and the motor act is necessary. The technique represents the ability to generate motor actions and to interpret the "language" of colors and shapes. Creativity is the ability, through imaginative, cognitive, and perceptive sensory skills, to transfer creative work on canvas. The action itself is, therefore, a disappearing ghost of creativity; leaving the result of the pictorial work. In this article, starting from the reflections of those who preceded us, we will discuss the intersection between neuroscience and art by discussing action and multisensory perception in painting. We propose an interdisciplinary link between art, neuroscience, and technology that can open up new research directions and artistic methodologies. The final goal of our perspective is to highlight the process behind the creation of a painting highlighting how action, multisensory perception and new technologies interact in the creative process.
Keywords: Art, Perception, action, Multisensoriality, Art - decorative arts
Received: 16 May 2025; Accepted: 05 Aug 2025.
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* Correspondence: Monica Gori, UVIP, Unit for Visually Impaired People, Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genova, Italy
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