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Author Maclagan, David, 1940-

Title Psychological aesthetics : painting, feeling, and making sense / David Maclagan.

Imprint London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  701.15 M161P    Check Shelf
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.
Art therapy.
Esthetics -- psychology. (DNLM)D004954Q000523
Art Therapy -- methods. (DNLM)D001155Q000379
Emotions. (DNLM)D004644
Paintings -- psychology. (DNLM)D010151Q000523
Aesthetics -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00798713
Art therapy. (OCoLC)fst00815831
ISBN 1853028347 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781853028342 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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