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Author Lindauer, Martin S., author.

Title Mass-produced original paintings, the psychology of art, and an everyday aesthetics / Martin S. Lindauer
Published [Cham] : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
©2020

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Description 1 online resource (165 pages)
Series Palgrave pivot
Palgrave pivot.
Contents Part I : Introduction -- 1. What this book is about -- 2. The characteristics of mass-produced original paintings -- Part II : Critical issues -- 3. Can mass-produced original paintings be called art? -- 4. What’s wrong with mass-produced original paintings? -- 5. In defense of mass-produced original paintings -- Part III : Two larger contexts for mass-produced original paintings : the popular arts and evolution -- 6. The popular arts -- 7. Historical and contemporary approaches to the popular arts -- 8. Evolutionary roots -- Part IV : Studies of mass-produced original paintings -- 9. An overview of the studies -- 10. The findings -- 11. Explanations -- Part V : Mass-produced original paintings, the psychology of art, and an everyday aesthetics -- 12. The psychology of art : a research perspective -- 13. Mass-produced original paintings and an everyday aesthetics -- 14. Conclusions
Summary This book examines the contribution of mass-produced original painting to the psychology of art, psychological aesthetics, and art criticism. Mass-produced paintings are an inexpensive, accessible, ubiquitous, and hand-painted popular art by anonymous artists or teams. Sold in an array of outlets, ranging from flea markets to shopping centers to cruise ships, they decorate hotels, offices, and homes. Addressed is their neglect in current scholarship in favor of a nearly exclusive investigation of the high arts and their audiences, as represented by museum paintings. Lindauer contextualizes his analysis by tracing the historical origins of this type of painting, popular art in general, and their evolutionary trajectory, exploring issues including: the impact of art and artists' creativity on viewers; the overemphasis on originality and name recognition; what is art and who can be called an artist; and the extension of aesthetics to include an everyday kind. The book concludes with directions for future research in the popular and traditional arts, the psychology of art, and, more broadly, the ties that transcend barriers between science, the arts, and the humanities. It will appeal to students and scholars from across the fields of psychology, sociology, philosophy, art history, and cultural, media and communication studies. Martin S. Lindauer is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the State University of New York, College at Brockport, USA, and the author of several books and many articles related to the psychology of art. He received a Teaching Award from the State University of New York, was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institute of Health, University of Michigan, USA, and a Fulbright Scholar in Berlin
Notes Includes index
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Subject Art -- Psychology.
Commercial art -- Psychological aspects
Prints.
Prints -- Technique.
printmaking.
Commercial art -- Psychological aspects
Art -- Psychology
Prints
Genre/Form prints (visual works)
Prints
Prints.
Estampes.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783030516413
3030516415