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Beyond aesthetics : investigations into the nature of visual art /

Beyond aesthetics : investigations into the nature of visual art / - London : Thames and Hudson, c1976. - 212 p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Errata slip inserted. Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. 198-207.

Preface / C.H. Waddington -- Towards a working definition of visual art / Don Brothwell -- Primate perception and aesthetics / Andrew Whiten -- Visual art, evolution and environment / Don Brothwell -- The development of visual perception in children / M.D. Vernon -- Visual education for young children / J.M. Pickering -- Visual art : some perspectives from cross-cultural psychology / Marshall H. Segall -- Trompe l'œil to rompe l'œil: vision and art / R.A. Weale -- Defective vision and art / R.W. Pickford -- The artist in the population statistics / Peter Cox -- Psychology, culture and visual art / R.W. Pickford -- The artist and education in art and design in the sixties and the seventies / Jean Creedy -- Art, morals and Western society / H.R. Rookmaaker.

Collects essays revealing that art and the artist are open to meaningful scientific study.

0500011478 : £9.50 9780500011478 : £9.50

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Art--Psychology.
Visual perception.
Art and society.

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