Arnheim, Gestalt and Art A Psychological Theory

Arnheim, Gestalt and Art is the first book-length discussion of the powerful thinking of the psychologist of art, Rudolf Arnheim. Written as a complete overview of Arnheim’s thinking, it covers fundamental issues of the importance of psychological discussion of the arts, the status of gestalt psycho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Verstegen, Ian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 2005, 2005
Edition:1st ed. 2005
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Why Arnheim? Why Gestalt?
  • Arnheim and Different Approaches to the Psychology of Art
  • Expression, Symbolism and Visual Thinking
  • The Senses, Perceptual Objects and Their Dynamics
  • The Notorious Gestalt Brain Model
  • The Dynamics of Pictorial, Sculptural and Architectural Form
  • The Dynamics of Pantomimic Form
  • The Dynamics of Musical Form
  • The Dynamics of Poetic Form
  • Art in Comparative Perspective: Children, Adults, Cultures
  • The Dynamics of Microgenetic Artistic Development
  • Individual Artistic Development
  • The Dynamics of Differential and Psychopathological Artistic Form
  • The Dynamics of Cultural-Perceptual Artistic Form
  • Objective Percepts, Objective Values
  • Conclusion