First Drawings: Genesis of Visual Thinking

Fein, Sylvia

ISBN 10: 0917388038 / ISBN 13: 9780917388033

Published by Exelrod Press, Pleasant Hill, California, 1993

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: First Drawings: Genesis of Visual Thinking
• Publisher: Exelrod Press, Pleasant Hill, California
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0917388038
• ISBN 13: 9780917388033
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

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."