The Arts And Human Development With A New Introduction By The Author,9780465004409

The Arts And Human Development With A New Introduction By The Author

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780465004409
ISBN10: 0465004407
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-11-10
Publisher(s): Basic Books
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Summary

A revised edition of Gardner's classic on the development of creativity. Illustrated throughout with children's art, this book is a systematic examination of the relation between youthful participation in the arts and the ultimate craftsmanship attained by gifted artists.

Author Biography

Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor in Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Among numerous honors, Gardner received a MacArthur Prize Fellowship in 1981. In 1990, he was the first American to receive the University of Louisville's Grawemeyer Award in education. In 2000, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Figures, Tables, and Works of Art
viii
Preface and Overview xi
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction to the Paperback Edition xxi
The Relationship of Art to Human Development
1(52)
Developmental Research
1(6)
Previous Psychological Studies in Aesthetics
7(13)
A Developmental Study of the Arts: Questions and Issues
20(5)
The Artistic Process
25(5)
Characteristics of the Arts
30(7)
The Three Systems
37(6)
A Brief Glossary
43(1)
Cognition, Animals, and the Artistic Process
44(9)
The Three Systems in Animals and Infants
53(35)
Primate Painting and Avian Song
53(6)
The Making System
59(4)
The Perceiving System
63(6)
The Feeling System
69(9)
The Interaction of Systems
78(5)
The Threshold of Symbol Use
83(5)
From Mode to Symbol
88(37)
Characteristics of Early Childhood
89(2)
Relations Between Persons and the Development of the Self
91(2)
Imitation and the Self
93(2)
Generalized Feelings
95(3)
Modes and Vectors
98(9)
Modes, Objects, and Symbols
107(3)
A Convergence of Orientations
110(6)
Infant Art
116(9)
The World of Symbols
125(53)
The Broken Cookie
125(1)
Symbols
126(7)
Conceptualizing Change
133(3)
Language
136(4)
Linguistic Play by the Young Child
140(6)
Modal Play
146(4)
Feeling
150(4)
Perceiving
154(4)
Making
158(3)
Interaction of Systems
161(2)
Play
163(3)
The Young Child as Artist
166(2)
Research on General Aspects of the Arts
168(4)
Summary
172(6)
Experimental Research on Artistic Development
178(64)
Methods, Problems, and Prospects
178(9)
Music
187(11)
Literature
198(17)
Making of Pictorial Art
215(8)
Perceiving of Pictorial Art
223(2)
General Remarks
225(5)
Individual Differences
230(12)
Achieving Mastery
242(59)
Sartre's Childhood
242(4)
The Artist's Background
246(10)
Artistic Training During Middle Childhood and Adolescence
256(4)
Personal and Stylistic Aspects of the Young Artists
260(5)
Universals and Modes
265(2)
Inspiration and Discipline in the Creative Process
267(3)
Problem-solving in a Medium
270(7)
Creating from the Artist's Viewpoint
277(2)
Studies of Creativity
279(4)
The Development of Artistic Skills
283(4)
Training Methods
287(5)
Concluding Remarks
292(9)
The Relationship of the Arts to Science, Illness, and Truth
301(50)
Scientific Development as Described by Piaget
301(5)
Formal Operations and Art
306(5)
The Artistic and the Scientific Processes
311(5)
Creativity in Art and Science
316(2)
Personality Traits of Artists and Scientists
318(5)
The Audience Member
323(3)
The Critic
326(3)
The Performer
329(6)
The Artist and his Work
335(4)
Art and Neurosis
339(4)
Art and Psychosis
343(3)
Art and Truth
346(5)
Bibliographical Notes 351(32)
Author Index 383(6)
Subject Index 389

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