Art - General & Miscellaneous, General Aesthetics & Philosophy of Art

The Arts and Human Development

Name: The Arts and Human Development
Author: Howard E. Gardner
ISBN: 9780465004409

by Howard E. Gardner

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Overview

A revised edition of Gardner’s classic on the development of creativity. Illustrated throughout with children’s art, this book is a systematic examination of the relation between youthful participation in the arts and the ultimate craftsmanship attained by gifted artists.

Synopsis

A psychological study of the artistic process

Library Journal

"The presentation is scholarly, and though not pedantic, it calls for considerable application," said LJ's reviewer of this look at the psychology of the artistic process. "Artists, psychologists, and teachers will find it most interesting and worthwhile" (LJ 1/15/74).

About the Author, Howard E. Gardner

Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor in Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Among numerous honors, Gardner received a MacArthur Prize Fellowship in 1981. In 1990, he was the first American to receive the University of Louisville's Grawemeyer Award in education. In 2000, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.