Description |
157 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-150) and indexes. |
Summary |
Annotation This book is an introduction to psychological aesthetics for art educators, art therapists, psychoanalysts, artists, and art lovers. It re-evaluates conventional philosophical and psychoanalytic approaches to aesthetic qualities themselves, to the kinds of psychological significance they can generate, and to the interweaving of inner and outer realities upon which this depends. |
Contents |
Ch. 1. The Rise and Fall of the Aesthetic -- Ch. 2. The Split between Inner and Outer Worlds and the Impoverishment of Psychological Life -- Ch. 3. From Iconography to Embodiment -- Ch. 4. From Inarticulate to Aesthetic Form -- Ch. 5. Aesthetics, Beauty and Soul -- Ch. 6. Art Therapy and the Therapy of Art -- Ch. 7. Towards a New Psychological Aesthetics -- Ch. 8. Putting Aesthetic and Psychological Qualities into Words. |
Subject |
Aesthetics -- Psychological aspects.
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Art therapy.
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Esthetics -- psychology.
(DNLM)D004954Q000523
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Art Therapy -- methods.
(DNLM)D001155Q000379
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Emotions. (DNLM)D004644
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Paintings -- psychology.
(DNLM)D010151Q000523
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Aesthetics -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00798713
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Art therapy. (OCoLC)fst00815831
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ISBN |
1853028347 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9781853028342 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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