Toward a Psychology of Art: Collected EssaysPresents an interpretation of the expression of art and the relationship between this psychology and the art form. Bibliogs. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
AGENDA FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF | 17 |
THE GESTALT THEORY OF EXPRESSION | 51 |
PERCEPTUAL AND AESTHETIC ASPECTS | 74 |
PERCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF A RORSCHACH CARD | 90 |
ORDER AND COMPLEXITY IN LANDSCAPE DESIGN | 123 |
THE MYTH OF THE BLEATING LAMB | 136 |
ART HISTORY AND THE PARTIAL | 151 |
PERCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF A SYMBOL OF INTERACTION | 222 |
ABSTRACT LANGUAGE AND THE METAPHOR | 266 |
ON INSPIRATION | 285 |
CONTEMPLATION AND CREATIVITY | 292 |
EMOTION AND FEELING IN PSYCHOLOGY AND | 302 |
THE ROBIN AND THE SAINT | 320 |
WHAT KIND OF PSYCHOLOGY? | 337 |
IS MODERN ART NECESSARY? | 343 |
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