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This is a book that all educators should read. It explains - actually shows - how art is central to all learning right from the beginning. We undervalue it in school at our, or our children's, peril. FIRST DRAWINGS: GENESIS OF VISUAL THINKING by Sylvia Fein, is a striking demonstration of the rol visual art plays in cognitive development - both for young children and civilizations worldwide. The illustrations, gathered from many times and places, provide convincing evidence of a kind of universal, innate visual grammar, he essential building blocks of thought. Visual elements like circles, parallel lines, crosses, and spirals, originate within the mind and, applied to the world, make the later more accessible to human understanding. Desmond Morris, author of "The Naked Ape" says, "Sylvia Fein's study of FIRST DRAWINGS takes us on a fascinating visual ride through the primary motifs of human art. Her examples, taken from many sources, show how certain basic patterns reappear, time and again, all over the world. By presenting them alongside one another she makes us contemplate that most difficult question - why do we react more strongly to some images than to others? Why do prehistoric art, tribal art, child art and modern art have so many design elements in common? This is a book to make us think hard and long about the very nature of visual art."
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First Drawings: Genesis of Visual Thinking
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Great condition. Jacket edges are shelf worn. Spine edges are bumped. Binding is tight. Inside is clean and unmarked. Seller Inventory # 2053550
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First Drawings: Genesis of Visual Thinking
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Exelrod Press, Pleasant Hill, California, 1993
ISBN 10: 0917388038
ISBN 13: 9780917388033
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Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Pleasant Hill, CA: Exelrod Press, 1993. 1st edition, NF/F. Tall book has wear to spine ends. DJ has very little wear. Hundreds of b & w illustrations. "The illustrations, gathered from many times and places, provide convincing evidence of a kind of universal innate visual grammar, the essential building blocks of thought. Visual elements like circles, parallel lines, crosses and spirals, originate within the mind and, applies to the world, make the latter more accessible to human understanding." Nice copy, 139 pp. BPA&P1. Seller Inventory # 007530