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Convention and Picture
Perception
Typical rendering of human
figures in early Egyptian art:
the way perspective is depicted
has varied throughout history,
just as conventions of
representation have different
meanings in different places
and times.
According to the convention
theory, the representation of
edges or boundaries by lines is
an artistic convention that we
have learned to interpret
correctly. Perhaps over the
centuries the practice of using
lines in drawings and paintings
has become deeply ingrained
and each new generation
learns about it in childhood.
That might explain why it has
been claimed that animals,
along with individuals in
certain less "advanced"
societies, do not perceive
pictorial representations the
way we do. Conventions must be
learned. The convention theory
would also explain the major
differences in modes of
pictorial representation over
the centuries. The very fact
that the use of perspective in
art was so late in becoming
prevalent might be taken to
support this theory.