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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458211703321

Titolo

Art and human development / / [edited by] Constance Milbrath, Cynthia Lightfoot

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-64305-2

0-415-96554-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

The Jean Piaget symposium series

Altri autori (Persone)

LightfootCynthia

MilbrathConstance <1943->

Disciplina

153.3/5

Soggetti

Creative ability

Arts - Psychological aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in paperback in 2012.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ch. 1. Art and human development : introduction / Cynthia Lightfoot and Constance Milbrath -- ch. 2. Science, religion, and pictures : an origin of image making / J.D. Lewis-Williams -- ch. 3. Comparative developmental and social perspectives on the mystery of Upper Paleolithic art / Constance Milbrath -- ch. 4. Hip-hop culture, youth creativity, and the generational crossroads / Murray Forman -- ch. 5. Commentary : hip-hop culture, youth creativity, and the generational crossroads from a human development perspective / Brian Tinsley, Shaun Wilson, and Margaret Beale Spencer -- ch. 6. "Why should I write?" said the pencil; "What else can you do?" said the knife : or, Why I can't tell you why I am a composer / Gerald Levinson -- ch. 7. Commentary : a view of Levinson's development / Jeanne Bamberger -- ch. 8. Every shut eye ain't sleep : modeling the scientific from the everyday as cultural process / Carol D. Lee -- ch. 9. Commentary : adolescents' purposeful lives of culture / Colette Daiute -- ch. 10. Children as intuitive art critics / Norman H. Freeman -- ch. 11. Commentary : but is it art? / Alan Costall -- ch. 12. New lens on the development of social cognition : the study of acting / Thalia Raquel Goldstein and Ellen Winner -- ch. 13. Commentary : advanced social



cognition in the literary arts / Joan Peskin, Raymond A. Mar, and Theanna Bischoff.

Sommario/riassunto

"Intended for researchers and advanced students in both human development and the arts, this book will also serve as a textbook for advanced courses on psychology and the arts and/or special topics courses in cognitive and/or human development."--BOOK JACKET.