Cracking The Real Da Vinci Code: What Happens In The Artist's Brain?

Looks like a new academic discipline may be born.

neuroarthistory -- Prof John Onians uses the results from new scanning techniques to answer questions such as:
* What happens in the brain of the modern artist as he or she works?
* What happened in the brain of an artistic genius like Leonardo Da Vinci?
* How do the brains of amateur and professional artists differ?
* Why do artists in certain times or places have certain visual tastes?

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