The development of drawing -- The development of sculpture -- Representational trends in drawing and modeling -- Developmental perspectives on prehistoric art -- Child art and the modern artists -- Child art reconsidered : new perspectives on artistic development
Summary
This study of child art from one of the leading experts, C. Golomb, reviews the latest research on how children learn to represent through both the 2-dimensional medium of drawing and the 3-dimensional medium of sculpture. Golomb addresses the roles of intelligence, motivation, and culture. She introduces the art of typical children, as well as that of children with mental retardation or autism and of those who are artistically talented. She compares child art to that of nonhuman primates and the earliest humans. She takes on the controversial question of the relationship between child art and modernism. This book makes a powerful case for viewing child art as a form of inventive problem solving rather than as a reflection of conceptual immaturity. It is designed for anyone who wants to understand what research has shown about how children learn to represent through art; how culture affects the art that children produce; and the relationship of child art to animal, primitive, and modernist art. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-148) and indexes
