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. 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.

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• Authors: Gregory Minissale, Gregory (University of Auckland) Minissale, Minissale Gregory
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2015
• EAN: 9781107562332
• ISBN: 978-1-107-56233-2
• 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