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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782750703321

Autore

Stokes Patricia D

Titolo

Creativity from constraints [[electronic resource] ] : the psychology of breakthrough / / Patricia D. Stokes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub. Co., c2006

ISBN

0-8261-9785-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Disciplina

153.3/5

Soggetti

Creative ability

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Problem solving

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This book is written for psychologists who study creativity and problem solving, skill acquisition and expertise, development and education, this book is also of practical use to researchers and clinicians, the success of whose designs--experimental and clinical--depends on the creative choice of constraints. Learn about: - Strategic and structural constraints - Constraints as creative tools - Application of constraints to clinical experimentation"--Provided by the publisher.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The creativity problem -- Constraints and first choruses -- Constraints for creativity in literature -- Constraints for creativity in art -- Constraints for creativity in fashion -- Constraints for creativity in architecture -- Constraints for creativity in advertising -- Constraints for creativity in music -- Constraints for developing creativity -- Central concepts: a recap.

Sommario/riassunto

In this exciting new contribution to the study of creativity, psychologist, artist, and writer Dr. Patricia Stokes delves into the minds of famous creative artists and discovers the surprising source leading to their creative breakthroughs. From Picasso to Stravinsky, Kundera and Chanel to Frank Lloyd Wright, it is not boundary-less creative freedom that inspires new ideas, but self-imposed, well-considered constraints. Monet forced himself to repeatedly paint the way light broke on, between, and around his subjects, contrasting color instead of light and dark, and softening edges in the proceed