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1.

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

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...An Introduction to the Psychology of Art by Norman Charles Meier...Associate Professor of Social and Art Psychology University of Iowa FIRST EDITION MCGRAW-HILL...An...
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Psychology and Its Allied Disciplines (Chap. 1 "Psychology and Art") » Read Now
by Marc H. Bornstein. 304 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...One can suppose that the psychology of art began when the first Magdalenian...Or, one can suppose that the psychology of art began somewhat earlier when...also involved...
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Interdisciplinarity, the Psychology of Art, and Creativity: An Introduction, in Creativity Research Journal » Read Now
by Martin S. Lindauer. 10 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Interdisciplinarity, the Psychology of Art, and Creativity: An Introduction...psychology and, in particular, the psychology of art and creativity. Empirical...
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Aesthetics Today ("Psychology and Art [1950]: A Summary and Critique" begins on p. 279) » Read Now
by Morris Philipson. 480 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...IV ART AND KNOWLEDGE...The Meaning of a Literary...AIKEN 254 V PSYCHOLOGY AND AESTHETICS...Psychology and Art 1950...the Analysis of Poetry...assumes a psychology of...
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The Sense of Form in Art: A Comparative Psychological Study » Read Now
by H. Wolfflin, Alice Muehsam, Norma A. Shatan. 232 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...one of the most important problems of art history. As regards the illustrations...to the reader but also to the work of art. In the choice of illustrations but...also...
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The Experimental Psychology of Beauty » Read Now
by C. W. Valentine. 440 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library

...on "Modern Art". Some practical...from the study of the psychology of beauty...resembling one of these supposed...1 Psychology and the art critics...regards the use of...
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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) » Read Now
by Ethel S. Blatt, Sidney J. Blatt. 411 pgs.

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...Library of Congress...change in art. Bibliography...3. Art-- Psychology. 4. Painting...theories of sense-data psychology, Loewy viewed art early in...developmental...
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Mind in Art: Cognitive Foundations in Art Education » Read Now
by Charles M. Dorn. 275 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...the literature in philosophy, aesthetics, and the psychology of art. Explored are the ideas of various aesthetitions...the views of various scholars in aesthetics and the...
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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") » Read Now
by Roger M. Downs, Lynn S. Liben, David S. Palermo, Joachim F. Wohlwill. 330 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library

...psychological aesthetics and the psychology of art, the psychology of photography...support this position. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ART In various periods in the...draw a parallel...
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Asphyxiating Culture and Other Writings » Read Now
by Jean Dubuffet, Carol Volk. 122 pgs.

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Modern Art and the Object: A Century of Changing Attitudes » Read Now
by Ellen H. Johnson. 288 pgs.

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The Biological Origins of Art » Read Now
by Nancy E. Aiken. 192 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

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.