Petrenko V.F., Korotchenko E.A., Suprun A.P. (2011). Research on Language of Perception Still-Life as a Visual Aphorism. Psychology in Russia: State of the Art, 4, 467-494
This article describes a categorical structure of perception of still-life painting.
Analysis is done on the system of visual opposition elements in still-life. A still-life
is considered a “perceptual statement about the world”, and a “visual aphorism”.
The research is based on such methods as: semantic spaces constructing and
their transformation at introduction of additional elements in still-lifes. It also
gives full analysis of an interpretation of complex images and understanding of
types of still-life as a visual hermeneutics.
