Visual Thinking

Rudolf Arnheim

ISBN 10: 0520242262 / ISBN 13: 9780520242265

Published by University of California Press, 2004

About this Item

Visual Thinking has been the gold standard for art educators, psychologists, and general readers alike. This title states that all thinking (not just thinking related to art) is basically perceptual in nature, and that the ancient dichotomy between seeing and thinking, between perceiving and reasoning, is false and misleading.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Visual Thinking
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520242262
• ISBN 13: 9780520242265
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

For thirty-five years Visual Thinking has been the gold standard for art educators, psychologists, and general readers alike. In this seminal work, Arnheim, author of The Dynamics of Architectural Form, Film as Art, Toward a Psychology of Art, and Art and Visual Perception, asserts that all thinking (not just thinking related to art) is basically perceptual in nature, and that the ancient dichotomy between seeing and thinking, between perceiving and reasoning, is false and misleading. An indispensable tool for students and for those interested in the arts.

About the Author

Rudolf Arnheim (July 15, 1904 – June 9, 2007) was an author, art and film theorist, and perceptual psychologist, as well as Professor Emeritus of the Psychology of Art at Harvard University. His books include Film as Art (California, 1957), Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye (California, 1974), The Dynamics of Architectural Form (California, 1977), and The Split and the Structure: Twenty-eight Essays (California, 1996).