02545nam 22006134a 450 991081110080332120240410102349.01-135-62498-41-282-32677-597866123267761-4106-1356-9(CKB)1000000000244686(EBL)257289(OCoLC)172662295(SSID)ssj0000196078(PQKBManifestationID)11182136(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000196078(PQKBWorkID)10142250(PQKB)11373852(MiAaPQ)EBC257289(Au-PeEL)EBL257289(CaPaEBR)ebr10120566(CaONFJC)MIL232677(OCoLC)935231762(EXLCZ)99100000000024468620040930d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMaking sense of children's drawings[electronic resource] /John Willats1st ed.Mahwah, N.J. L. Erlbaum Associates20051 online resource (274 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8058-4538-0 0-8058-4537-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-256) and index.Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Introduction; PART I: STUDYING CHILDREN'S DRAWINGS; PART II: MENTAL PROCESSES; PART III: CHILD ART; Appendix; Glossary; References; IndexThe message of this book is a simple one: children learn to draw by acquiring increasingly complex and effective drawing rules. In this regard, learning to draw is like learning a language, and as with language children use these rules creatively, making infinite use of finite means. Learning to draw is thus, like learning a language, one of the major achievements of the human mind. Theories of perception developed in the second half of the 20th century enable us to construct a new theory of children's drawings that can account for their many strange features. Earlier accounts conChildren's drawingsPsychological aspectsDrawing, Psychology ofChildren's drawingsPsychological aspects.Drawing, Psychology of.155.4Willats John726529MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811100803321Making sense of children's drawings4020770UNINA