In 2019, under the scientific direction of Andrea Bobbio (FISPPA-Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology), Giovanni Galfano (DPSS-Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation), and Massimo Grassi (DPG-Department of General Psychology), a conference was organized to celebrate 100 years of Psychology in Padua and Italy…
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At the Psychology Hub,
Perceptual phenomena and representational strategies in the psychological and artistic research of A. Argenton, P. Bozzi, G. Kanizsa, M. Massironi, in “Gestalt Theory”
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….
Alberto Argenton, Paolo Bozzi, Gaetano Kanizsa, Manfredo Massironi: psychologists and artists, in “Gestalt Theory”
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 Manfredo Massironi….
In Trieste, the itinerant exhibition “Art and Perception”
Following its first edition in Milan, organised by the University of Milano-Bicocca in 2024, the exhibition “Art and Perception in the visual works of Alberto Argenton, Gaetano Kanizsa, Manfredo Massironi and in the music of Paolo Bozzi” was presented at the University of Trieste…
Wolfgang Metzger Award 2024 Ceremony
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 Wolfgang Metzger International Award was conferred on the volume
Argenton, Kanizsa, Massironi e Bozzi:
catalog of the exhibition “Art and Perception”
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 to visitors.
Organized by the University of Milan Bicocca
Argenton, Kanizsa, Massironi e Bozzi:
Art and Perception, exibition in Milan
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 Kanizsa, Manfredo Massironi and in the music of Paolo Bozzi is housed in the spaces of the FrancoAngeli
A book dedicated to the memory of
Alberto Argenton
wins the Wolfgang Metzger Award 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 after Wolfgang Metzger, a student of Max Wertheimer and one of the leading members of the second generation of the Berlin Gestalt School,
Showing Time … In Memory of Alberto Argenton
at the 1st Scientific Meeting on Psychology, Art, and Neuroaesthetics
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 with the same title….
A study designed by Alberto Argenton
and dedicated to his memory
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 book develops a study designed by Alberto Argenton to investigate the perceptual-representational strategies used by artists








