A book in my honour

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• 09 Dec 2014

It is with great pleasure and pride that I would like to announce a piece of news that concerns me – namely the publication of a book. The book was edited by two colleagues…

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Ian Verstegen's new book

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• 28 Nov 2014

A new book:  Cognitive Iconology. When and How Psychology Explains Images by Ian Verstegen (author's home page: https://sites.google.com/site/ianverstegen/ ) Cognitive Iconology is an attempt to provide a sustainable explanatory practice for psychology of art.…

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Perceptual phenomena and representational strategies in the psychological and artistic research of A. Argenton, P. Bozzi, G. Kanizsa, M. Massironi, in "Gestalt Theory"

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• 01 Sep 2025

Laura Messina Argenton and Tamara Prest, referring to a previous work addressed to the figures of Alberto Argenton, Paolo Bozzi, Gaetano Kanizsa, and Manfredo Massironi, highlight, in an article published in Gestalt Theory, n. 46....

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Alberto Argenton, Paolo Bozzi, Gaetano Kanizsa, Manfredo Massironi: psychologists and artists, in "Gestalt Theory"

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• 01 Sep 2025

Following on from a previous work published in 2022, Laura Messina Argenton and Tamara Prest outline in an article published in Gestalt Theory, issue 46, the figures of Alberto Argenton, Paolo Bozzi, Gaetano Kanizsa, and…

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Wolfgang Metzger Award 2024 Ceremony

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• 02 Oct 2024

We are honored to announce that on September 25, 2024, during the opening ceremony of the 23rd GTA Conference https://www.gtaconference2024.com/awards, held in the Sacrestia del Bramante in Santa Maria delle Grazie a Milano, the prestigious…

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Argenton, Kanizsa, Massironi e Bozzi:
catalog of the exhibition “Art and Perception”

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• 27 Sep 2024

To complement the exhibition Art and Perception in the visual works of Alberto Argenton, Gaetano Kanizsa, Manfredo Massironi and in the music of Paolo Bozzi the curators have prepared a concise catalog as a guide…

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Argenton, Kanizsa, Massironi e Bozzi:
Art and Perception, exibition in Milan

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• 24 Sep 2024

Organized by the University of Milan Bicocca, on the occasion of the 23rd GTA (Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications) Conference, the exhibition Art and Perception in the visual works of Alberto Argenton, Gaetano…

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A book dedicated to the memory of
Alberto Argenton
wins the Wolfgang Metzger Award 2024

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• 19 Aug 2024

The book Showing Time: Continuous Pictorial Narrative and the Adam and Eve Story. In Memory of Alberto Argenton is the winner of the 2024 edition of the prestigious Wolfgang Metzger International Prize. The prize named…

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Showing Time ... In Memory of Alberto Argenton
at the 1st Scientific Meeting on Psychology, Art, and Neuroaesthetics

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• 30 Jun 2023

Laura Messina-Argenton, Tiziano Agostini, Tamara Prest, and Ian Verstegen – the authors of the book "Showing Time: Continuous Pictorial Narrative and the Adam and Eve Story. In Memory of Alberto Argenton" – presented a poster…

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A study designed by Alberto Argenton
and dedicated to his memory

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• 28 Mar 2023

Springer has just published the book "Showing Time: Continuous Pictorial Narrative and the Adam and Eve Story. In Memory of Alberto Argenton", written by Laura Messina Argenton, Tiziano Agostini, Tamara Prest and Ian Verstegen. This…

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Artworks by Alberto Argenton
in the exhibition “L'occhio in gioco”

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• 23 Oct 2022

The exhibition “L’occhio in gioco” (Trick of the Eye), open until 26 February 2023 in the Palazzo Monte di Pietà, Padua, is curated, in its first, historical part of a historical nature, by Luca Massimo…

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An essay on Alberto Argenton in a book
accompanying the exhibition “L’occhio in gioco”

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• 23 Oct 2022

Open until 26 February 2023 in the Palazzo Monte di Pietà in Padua, the exhibition “L’occhio in gioco” (Trick of the Eye) explores the boundaries between art and science, documenting them with important artistic works…

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A Dantesque excursion with Alberto Argenton as guide

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• 02 May 2022

In 2021, on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death, the Trieste members of the GTA (Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications) offered a series of online, monthly “excursions”, held in…

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Arte e espressione is now available to English-speaking readers as Art and Expression

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• 20 Jun 2019

Arte e espressione, studi e ricerche di psicologia dell’arte, published by Alberto Argenton in 2008, for the types of the publisher Il Poligrafo, was translated into English and published by the publisher Routledge, in 2019,…

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Arnheim, Gestalt and Media:
A new book by Ian Verstegen

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• 14 May 2019

Ian Verstegen published a new book, which further deepen the knowledge of the media theory developed by Arnheim.

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Echoes from VSAC 2018

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• 30 Sep 2018

VSAC 2018 (The Visual Science of Art Conference) was held in Trieste from 24 to 26 August, organizedby Rossana Actis-Grosso and Daniele Zavagno, as a satellite conference of ECVP 2018 (European Conference on Visual Perception),…

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Symposium on Art and Expression in memory of
Alberto Argenton at VSAC 2018,  24 August

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• 18 Aug 2018

VSAC 2018 - The Visual Science of Art Conference - dedicates a Symposium in memory of Alberto Argenton, entitled Art and Expression. The name of the symposium is the same as a book written by…

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At VSAC 2018, research on pictorial continuous narrative, designed by Alberto Argenton

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• 18 Aug 2018

Pictorial continuous narratives: Perceptual-representational strategies is the title of the research by Ian Verstegen, Tamara Prest, Laura Messina Argenton, designed by Alberto Argenton, that will be presented at the symposium Representation of events and dynamic…

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The last article by Alberto Argenton

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• 21 May 2017

The last article written by Alberto Argenton – Is Arnheim just a formalist? – was published posthumously in Gestalt Theory, issue 3/2015.

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The Obituary of Alberto Argenton written by
Ian Verstegen

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• 21 May 2017

Issue 3/2015 of the journal Gestalt Theory, edited by Ian Verstegen, is dedicated to the memory of Alberto Argenton...

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