C W Valentine

The Experimental Psychology of Beauty

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1962, the experimental study of aesthetics was a field particularly associated with the name of C.W. Valentine, who in this book provided a critical review of research carried out since the end of the nineteenth century principally by British and American psychologists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 140mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781138899889
• ISBN-10: 1138899887
• Artikelnr.: 57041341

Autorenporträt

C.W. Valentine

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Colour and Colour Preferences 3. Attitudes to Colours
and Combinations of Colours 4. Form: Lines, Shapes and Suggested Movement
5. Balance and Symmetry 6. The Appearance of Aesthetic Appreciation in
Young Children 7. Experiments with Pictures 8. Further Experiments with
Pictures and with Photographs of Objets D'Art 9. Some Reactions to Modern
Art 10. Musical Intervals and Attitudes to Music 11. Some Special Aspects
of and Factors in Listening to Music 12. Music and the Expression of
Emotions or 'Meaning' 13. Experiments on the Appreciation of Poetry 14.
Experiments with Modern Poetry 15. Conclusion. Appendix - Correlations.
Index of Names. Index of Subjects.