Book description
Since its publication fifty years ago, this work has established itself as a classic. It casts the visual process in psychological terms and describes the creative way one's eye organizes visual material according to specific psychological premises. In 1974 this book was revised and expanded, and since then it hasā¦
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This is a classic book by German-born psychologist Rudolf Arnheim, in which he lays out the principles underlying our perception and understanding of works of visual art.Ā One of the major principles discussed is the human tendency to see the simplest form possible in any visual array. This āsimplicity principleā is also used to explain the intelligence and inventiveness of childrenās art. In a brilliant chapter called Growth, Arnheim shows us that children are not striving towards realism; rather they are trying to create the simplest possible recognizable structural equivalent for the object they are representing.Ā The inventiveness with whichā¦
From Ellen's list on the value of childrenās art.
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