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Art in Human Affairs: An Introduction to the Psychology of Art (1942)
by Norman Charles Meier. 228 pgs.

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Preface

Contents

Chapter 1 · the Functions of Art In Human Experience

Chapter 2 · Principles Underlying Art

Chapter 3 · Experimental (modern) Art

Chapter 4. Creative Production And Artistic Talent

Chapter 5 · Art in Contemporary Human Affairs

Appendix · Creative Artists at Work

Index
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Psychology and Its Allied Disciplines (Chap. 1 "Psychology and Art")
by Marc H. Bornstein. 304 pgs.

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Crosscurrents in Contemporary Psychology

Series Prologue

Contributors to This Volume

Contents

Preface

Psychology's Relations With Allied Intellectual Disciplines: An Overview

1: Psychology and Art

References

2: Psychology and Linguistics

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

3: Psychology and Literature: An Empirical Perspective

References

4: Psychology and Music

Acknowledgment

References

5: Psychology and Philosophy

References

6: Psychology and Religion

References

Acknowledgments

Biographical Notes

Author Index

Subject Index
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Interdisciplinarity, the Psychology of Art, and Creativity: An Introduction, in Creativity Research Journal
by Martin S. Lindauer. 10 pgs.

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Aesthetics Today ("Psychology and Art [1950]: A Summary and Critique" begins on p. 279)
by Morris Philipson. 480 pgs.

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*Preface*

I: *Art and Cultural Purposes*

The Arts, the Snobs, And the Democrat

On Tastes in Art [the Soviet View]

The Theory of Art in Asia

America and Art

II: *Style: Form-And-Content*

Style

Meditations on a Hobby Horse or The Roots of Artistic Form

On Point of View in the Arts

III: *Expression and Communication*

The Expression Theory of Art

Some Remarks on Value And Greatness in Music

Expression

IV: *Art and Knowledge*

The Meaning of a Literary Idea

Concerning Poetic Knowledge

Some Notes Concerning the Aesthetic And the Cognitive

V: *Psychology and Aesthetics*

Psychology and Art [1950]: a Summary And Critique

Freud -- and the Analysis of Poetry

The Dynamics of Art

A Scientific View of The "Creative Energy" of Man

VI: *Aesthetics as a Philosophic Discipline*

The Literature of Extreme Situations

Heidegger and the Work of Art

Toward a Unified Field in Aesthetics

*Notes on Contributors*

*Bibliography*
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The Foundations of Aesthetics, Art & Art Education (Part Two "Psychological Bases")
by Frank H. Farley, Ronald W. Neperud. 426 pgs.

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Part One: Biological Bases Aesthetics, Psychobiology, and Cognition by Colin Martindale Analog Art and Digital Art: A Brain-Hemisphere Critique of Modern Painting by Paul Vitz Part Two: Psychological Bases Creativity and Problem Finding in Art by M. Csikzentmihalyi and J.w. Getzels Personality and Scientific Aesthetics by H.J. Eysenck Part Three: Philosophical and Social Foundations Aesthetics as Foundations of Art Education by H.S. Broudy On the Deschooling Artists, or, the Meaning and Functions of the New Avant-Garde by Stefan Morawski Part Four: Issues in Education Cultural Dimensions in the Teaching of Art by June King McFee A Propositional View of Aesthetic Experienceing for Research and Teaching in Art Education by Ronald W. Neperud The Significance of the Computer in Art by Edward R. Pope Programmed Paintings: Elementary School Children's Computer-Generated Designs by Joachim F. Wohlwill and Suzanne D. Wills

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Preface

PART ONE BIOLOGICAL BASES

Introduction

1: Aesthetics, Psychobiology, and Cognition

REFERENCES

2: Analog Art and Digital Art: A Brain-Hemisphere Critique of Modern Painting

REFERENCES

PART TWO PSYCHOLOGICAL BASES

Introduction

Creativity and Problem Finding in Art

REFERENCES

4: Personality and Scientific Aesthetics

REFERENCES

PART THREE PHILOSOPHICAL AND SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS

Introduction

5: Aesthetics as Foundations of Art Education

NOTES

6: On the Deschooling Artists, or, the Meaning and Functions of the New Avant-Garde

PART FOUR ISSUES IN EDUCATION

Introduction

Cultural Dimensions in the Teaching of Art

Cultural Dimensions in the Teaching of Art

REFERENCES

8: A Propositional View of Aesthetic Experiencing for Research and Teaching in Art Education

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9: The Significance of the Computer in Art

10: Programmed Paintings: Elementary School Children's Computer-generated Designs Joachim F. Wohlwill and Suzanne D. Wills

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NOTES

Bibliography

Index

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The Experimental Psychology of Beauty
by C. W. Valentine. 440 pgs.

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Preface

Contents

Tables

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Chapter I Introduction

Chapter II Colour and Colour Preferences

Chapter III Attitudes to Colours and to Combinations of Colours

Chapter IV Form: Lines, Shapes and Suggested Movement

Chapter V Balance and Symmetry

Chapter VI the Appearance of Aesthetic Appreciation in Young Children

Chapter VII Early Experiments with Pictures

Chapter VIII Further Experiments with Pictures and with Photographs of Objets D'Art

Chapter IX Some Reactions to Modern Art

Summary and Main Results of the Experiments on Modern Art

Chapter X Musical Intervals and Attitudes to Music

Summary of Chapter XI

Summary of Chapter XI

Chapter XII Music and the Expression of Emotions or "Meaning"

Chapter XIII Experiments on the Appreciation of Poetry

Chapter XIV Experiments with Modern Poetry

Summary of the Wrexham Experiment Results

Chapter XV Conclusion

Appendix Correlations and Statistical Significance

Index of Names

Index of Subjects
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The Sense of Form in Art: A Comparative Psychological Study
by H. Wolfflin, Alice Muehsam, Norma A. Shatan. 232 pgs.

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Preface

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List of Illustrations

Introduction

I. Form and Contour

Ii. Regularity and Order

Iii. the Whole and Its Parts

Iv. Relaxed Tension

V. Grandeur and Simplicity

Vi. Types and Generality

Vii. the Relief Conception

Viii. Clarity and the Subject in Art

Conclusion
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Continuity and Change in Art: The Development of Modes of Representation ("Psychological Criteria for a Vocabulary of Form" begins on p. 23)
by Ethel S. Blatt, Sidney J. Blatt. 275 pgs.

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Preface

1: The Form of Objects and of Space in the History of Art

2: The Development of Modes of Representation

3: From Topological to Projective Space: Painting in the Ancient, Greco-Roman, and Medieval Periods

4: The Discovery and Development of Linear Perspective: The Renaissance, Mannerism, and the Baroque

5: From Linear Perspective To Conceptual Art: Impressionism, Cubism, and Modern Art

References

Author Index

Subject Index
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Mind in Art: Cognitive Foundations in Art Education
by Charles M. Dorn.

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Preface

1: Introduction

2: Sensation, Vision, Perception, and Human Development

3: Cognition and Learning

4: Cognition in Art

5: Conceptual Behaviors in Art

6: The Conceptual Curriculum

7: Art Learning and Its Assessment

8: Summary and Conclusions

Reference

Author Index

Subject Index
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Visions of Aesthetics, the Environment & Development: The Legacy of Joachim F. Wohlwill (Chap. 3 "Developmental Aesthetics and the Pyschology of Photography")
by Roger M. Downs, Lynn S. Liben, David S. Palermo, Joachim F. Wohlwill. 330 pgs.

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Acknowledgments

Preface: Reflections on a Scholar

I: Art and Aesthetics

1: Aspects of Scientific Discovery: Aesthetics and Cognition

2: The Course of Creative Growth: A Tribute to Joachim Wohlwill

II: Human- Environment Interaction

4: The Ecological Approach: A Foundation for Environmental Psychology

5: A Personal Perspective on the Environment and Behavior Field

7: Some Relations Between Developmental and Environmental Psychology: An Organismic-Developmental Systems Perspective

III: Concepts of Development

8: The Warp and the Woof of the Developmental Fabric

10: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Developmental Theory and Research Strategies

Name Index

Subject Index
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The Artful Mind: Cognitive Science and the Riddle of Human Creativity
by Mark Turner. 314 pgs.

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Contributors

Prologue

1: Art and Cognitive Evolution

2: The Aesthetic Faculty

3: A Cognitive Account of Aesthetics

4: Composition and Emotion

5: The Art of Compression

6: The Cognitive Tango

7: Dynamics of Completion

8: The Neuroscience of Form in Art

9: Form and Meaning in Art

10: Slippages of Meaning and Form

11: Making Relics Work

12: Architectural Space as Metaphor in the Greek Sanctuary

13: The Neurology of Ambiguity

14: Mastering Ambiguity

Epilogue

Index
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The Arts and Human Development: A Psychological Study of the Artistic Process
by Howard Gardner. 400 pgs.

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Contents

Figures, Tables, and Works of Art

Preface and Overview

Acknowledgments

Introduction to the Paperback Edition

One: The Relationship of Art to Human Development

Two: The Three Systems in Animals and Infants

Three: From Mode to Symbol

Four: The World of Symbols

Summary

Five: Experimental Research on Artistic Development

Six: Achieving Mastery

Concluding Remarks

Seven: The Relationship of the Arts to Science, Illness, and Truth

Bibliographical Notes

Author Index

Subject Index
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The Biological Origins of Art
by Nancy E. Aiken. 192 pgs.

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Aiken weaves scientific research, theory, and philosophical thought into an explanation of the nature of art. The mystery of how art evokes emotion is unraveled and answers are found as to why we make art and why it is important to our survival as a species.

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Recent Titles in Human Evolution, Behavior, and Intelligence

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Preface

Chapter 1 Big Questions

Chapter 2 Emotional Response to Art

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Chapter 3 Biological Constraints on Human Behavior

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Chapter 4 a Particular Kind of Biological Constraint the Releaser-Response Package

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NOTES

Chapter 5 the Defense Reaction a Releaser-Response Package Which Can Evoke Emotion in Art

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Chapter 6 the Defense Reaction, Emotion, and Art

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Chapter 7 Threat Stimuli Used in Art

NOTES

Chapter 8from Threat to Pleasure

Chapter 8From Threat to Pleasure

Chapter 9 Answers to Big Questions

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Index

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