Psychology of Contemporary Art

Informationen zum Autor Gregory Minissale is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Art History at the University of Auckland where he teaches contemporary art and theory. He is the author of Framing Consciousness in Art (2009) and Images of Thought (2006). Klappentext This book examines how contemporary artworks can affect our psychology, producing immersive experiences. Advance praise: 'This book is well written and clear in its presentation. The author explores experimental aesthetics, neuroaesthetics, and cognitive psychology in depth, incisively pointing out problematic issues in each area related to processes underlying the creation and appreciation of contemporary art. A pleasure to read.' Gerald Cupchik, University of Toronto Scarborough Advance praise: 'A really ambitious work that provides an impressive review of much recent psychological, and especially neuropsychological, research as well as many perceptive suggestions on how it can be applied to contemporary art. Highly sophisticated in its handling of both psychology and art.' John Onians, University of East Anglia Zusammenfassung Gregory Minissale demonstrates how using robust methods for mapping conceptual processes! taken from psychology and cognitive science and adapted to the subtleties of contemporary art! can provide important insights into how we structure various kinds of abstract and concrete concepts into a network of thoughts! feelings and actions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Brain; 3. Body; 4. World.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory Minissale, Gregory (University of Auckland) Minissale, Minissale Gregory
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.2013
• EAN: 9781107019324
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01932-4
• No. of pages: 410
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Theory of art, ART / Criticism & Theory, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, History of Art, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Cognition and cognitive psychology