| Description |
xiii, 280 pages : illustrations, music ; 24cm |
| Series |
Harper colophon books ; CN 5080 |
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Harper colophon books ; CN 5080
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| Contents |
Introduction: Looking through children's drawings -- First scribbles -- The developmental course of scribbling -- The romance of forms -- Tadpoles as things -- Steps to a doll house -- Children's drawings as works of art -- The reach toward realism -- To copy or not -- Forming artistic characters -- Personal perspectives -- Portraits of an adolescent artist -- Developments |
| Summary |
"In this instructive and engaging book a noted psychologist explores the vital links between children's art and their emotional, social, and cognitive development."--[book cover] |
| Analysis |
Children Mental development Assessment Use of children's drawings |
| Notes |
Children. Mental development. Assessment. Use of children's drawings (BNB/PRECIS) |
| Bibliography |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Child artists.
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Child psychology.
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Cognition in children.
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Drawing, Psychology of.
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Child.
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Infant.
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Art.
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Child Development.
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Cognition.
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Creativity.
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Psychology, Child.
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| LC no. |
79002777 |
| ISBN |
0465004512 (paperback) |
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0465004555 (paperback) |
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0906908272 (cased) |
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0906908280 (paperback) |
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