Creative and Mental Growth

by Lowenfeld, Viktor; Brittain, W. Lambert

• ISBN13: 9780023721106
• ISBN10: 0023721103
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1987-02-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Summary

Classic art text that links children's development with their outward expressions in art.

Table of Contents

The Importance of Art for Education	1	(32)
The Meaning of Art Activities	2	(4)
The Meaning of Art for Children	6	(5)
The Senses As Basic to Learning	11	(3)
Self-identification and Self-expression	14	(6)
The Meaning of Art for Society	20	(3)
The Meaning of the Art Product	23	(7)
Summary	30	(3)
Understanding Growth and Development	33	(40)
Art As a Reflection of Development	34	(16)
Subject Matter in Art	35	(2)
Developmental Stages in Art	37	(6)
Significance of the Developmental Stages	43	(5)
The Importance of the Art Experience	48	(2)
Art As a Basic Means of Learning	50	(5)
Historical Trends in Art Education	55	(4)
Art As a Means of Understanding Growth	59	(11)
Emotional Growth	59	(1)
Intellectual Growth	60	(3)
Physical Growth	63	(1)
Perceptual Growth	63	(2)
Social Growth	65	(2)
Aesthetic Growth	67	(2)
Creative Growth	69	(1)
Summary	70	(1)
Related Activities	70	(3)
The Development of Creativity	73	(28)
The Importance of Creativity	74	(2)
Creative and Intellectual Behavior	76	(3)
Schools and Creativity	79	(2)
The Measurement of Creativity	81	(5)
Methods of Developing Creative Potential	86	(6)
Art and Creativity	92	(6)
Summary	98	(1)
Related Activities	98	(3)
The Development of Aesthetic Awareness	101	(42)
The Meaning of Aesthetics	102	(1)
Art Appreciation	103	(3)
Culture and Aesthetic Awareness	106	(3)
Changes in Aesthetic Taste	109	(4)
Aesthetics and Society's Values	113	(4)
Preference and Personality	117	(1)
Aesthetic Development	118	(11)
The Preschool Child	120	(1)
The Elementary School Child	121	(5)
The Secondary School Student	126	(3)
A Program for Aesthetic Growth	129	(11)
The Preschool	130	(2)
The Elementary School	132	(3)
The Secondary School	135	(5)
Summary	140	(1)
Related Activities	140	(3)
Art in the Elementary School	143	(44)
Classroom Procedures	144	(5)
The Importance of Materials and Skills	149	(7)
Techniques and Procedures	150	(1)
Art Materials and Developmental Stages	151	(3)
Art Materials in the Classroom	154	(2)
The Teacher of Art	156	(7)
Identifying with the Child	159	(2)
Identifying with the Medium	161	(2)
Motivation in the Classroom	163	(9)
Extending the Frame of Reference	165	(2)
Motivation and Development	167	(1)
Motivation and the Insecure Child	168	(4)
Integrated Learning Experiences	172	(11)
Grading the Child's Art	174	(2)
Workbooks and Coloring Books	176	(3)
Copying	179	(1)
Exhibits and Competitions	180	(3)
Summary	183	(1)
Related Activities	184	(3)
The Beginnings of Self-expression The Scribbling Stage, Two---Four Years	187	(32)
The Importance of Early Childhood	188	(1)
The Development of Scribbling	188	(8)
Disordered Scribbling	189	(2)
Controlled Scribbling	191	(2)
Naming of Scribbling	193	(3)
The Meaning of Color	196	(2)
Environment and the Developmental Process	198	(6)
Scribbling As a Reflection of Growth	204	(5)
Art Motivation	209	(2)
Art Materials	211	(5)
Summary	216	(1)
Related Activities	217	(2)
First Representational Attempts The Preschematic Stage, Four---Seven Years	219	(38)
The Importance of the Preschematic Stage	220	(1)
Characteristics of Preschematic Drawings	220	(5)
The Meaning of Color	225	(3)
The Meaning of Space	228	(4)
The Development of the Four to Seven Year Old Child	232	(2)
Preschematic Drawings As a Reflection of Growth	234	(9)
Art Motivation	243	(4)
Subject Matter	247	(3)
Art Materials	250	(3)
Summary	253	(2)
Related Activities	255	(2)
The Achievement of a Form Concept The Schematic Stage, Seven---Nine Years	257	(48)
The Importance of the Schematic Stage	258	(2)
Characteristics of Schematic Drawings	260	(21)
Human Schema	260	(1)
Space Schema	261	(4)
The Base Line As Part of the Landscape	265	(2)
Other Means of Space Representation	267	(4)
X-Ray Pictures	271	(1)
Space and Time Representations	272	(2)
Significance of Variations in the Schema	274	(3)
The Meaning of Color and Design	277	(4)
The Development of the Primary School Child	281	(4)
Schematic Drawings As a Reflection of Growth	285	(7)
Art Motivation	292	(2)
Subject Matter	294	(2)
Art Materials	296	(5)
Summary	301	(1)
Related Activities	302	(3)
The Dawning Realism The Gang Age, Nine---Twelve Years	305	(40)
The Importance of the Gang Age	306	(3)
Characteristics of Drawings During the Gang, Age	309	(12)
The Meaning of Color	311	(2)
The Meaning of Space	313	(6)
The Meaning of Design	319	(2)
The Development of the Gang Age Child	321	(3)
Gang Age Drawings As a Reflection of Growth	324	(5)
Art Motivation	329	(4)
Subject Matter	333	(3)
Art Materials	336	(6)
Summary	342	(1)
Related Activities	343	(2)
Art in the Secondary School	345	(46)
The Role of Art	346	(3)
The Psychological Change from Elementary to Secondary School	349	(4)
The Importance of Self-identification	353	(3)
The Development of Two Creative Types	356	(12)
Creative Expression and Brain Specialization	368	(7)
Implications of Cerebral Dominance	372	(3)
Methods of Working in Art	375	(3)
Creativity in the Secondary School Art Program	378	(6)
The Art Teacher in the Secondary School	384	(4)
Summary	388	(1)
Related Activities	389	(2)
The Age of Reasoning The Pseudo-naturalistic Stage, Twelve---Fourteen Years	391	(42)
The Importance of the Pseudo-naturalistic Stage	392	(4)
The Representation of the Human Figure	396	(3)
The Representation of Space	399	(4)
The Importance of Color and Design	403	(3)
Growth As Reflected in the Art of the Young Adolescent	406	(5)
Junior High/One Girl's View	408	(3)
Art Motivation	411	(4)
Subject Matter	415	(7)
Feelings and Emotions	417	(1)
The Self and Others	417	(2)
School Life	419	(2)
Design and Nature	421	(1)
Art Materials	422	(2)
Computers and Art Education	424	(5)
Summary	429	(1)
Related Activities	430	(3)
The Period of Decision Adolescent Art in the High School, Fourteen---Seventeen Years	433	(36)
The Importance of High School Art	434	(2)
The High School Student	436	(7)
The Adolescent and Society	438	(2)
The Secondary School Environment	440	(3)
The Basis for Art in the High School	443	(1)
The Structure of an Art Program	444	(8)
The Organization of the Art Class	446	(6)
Art Activities	452	(6)
The Importance of Design	456	(2)
Integrating Art	458	(4)
Art Materials	462	(3)
Summary	465	(2)
Related Activities	467	(2)
Summary	469	(12)
Summary Charts	472	(9)
Bibliography	481	(20)
Index	501