Children's Drawings of the Human Figure (Essays in Developmental Psychology)

Cox, Maureen V.

ISBN 10: 0863772684 / ISBN 13: 9780863772689

Published by Psychology Press, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Children's Drawings of the Human Figure (Essays in Developmental Psychology)
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0863772684
• ISBN 13: 9780863772689
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 390 grams

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Synopsis

The human figure is one of the earliest topics drawn by the young child and remains popular throughout childhood and into adolescence. When it first emerges, however, the human figure in the child's drawing is very bizarre: it appears to have no torso and its arms, if indeed it has any, are attached to its head. Even when the figure begins to look more conventional the child must still contend with a variety of problems: for instance, how to draw the head and body in the right proportions and how to draw the figure in action. In this book, Maureen Cox traces the development of the human form in children's drawings; she reviews the literature in the field, criticises a number of major theories which purport to explain the developing child's drawing skills and also presents new data.

About the Author

Maureen V. Cox