Abstract
The term "representation" has been translated into two Chinese phrases "zaixian” and "biaozheng." The former refers to the direct and intuitive visual perception, while the latter focuses on the social factors which deconstruct the knowledge systems, social institutions and meaning systems. Under this context, this paper discusses the value of visual representation. The paper observes that the contemporary studies on visual perception per se accept both the validity of intuitive perceptual experience and the predetermination of visual experience by cultural systems. First put forward by Ernst Gombrich, this question was advanced by Richard Wollheim through his discourses on the spectators' seeing which provided the possibility of visual communication based on visual experiences in postmodern period.
First Page
156
Last Page
162
Recommended Citation
Yin, Manting. 2015. "On Visual Representation and Richard Wollheim's Concept of Spectators' Seeing." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 35, (3): pp.156-162. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol35/iss3/11
