How We Understand Art by Michael J Parsons

How We Understand Art by Michael J Parsons

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The seminal theory of the development of our understanding of the visual arts presented in this book has much in common with the Piagetian theory of cognitive development and the Kohlbergian theory of moral development, but the author considers the differences between meaning in art and in science.

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How We Understand Art by Michael J Parsons

The seminal theory of the development of our understanding of the visual arts presented in this book has much in common with the Piagetian theory of cognitive development and the Kohlbergian theory of moral development, but the author considers the differences between meaning in art and in science.
Michael J. Parsons is head of the art education department at the Ohio State University and the author of How We Understand Art: A Cognitive Development Account of Aesthetic Experience. H. Gene Blocker is a professor of philosophy at Ohio University and the author of The Aesthetics of Primitive Art.
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ISBN 13 9780521379663
ISBN 10 0521379660
Title How We Understand Art
Author Michael J Parsons
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 1989-07-28
Number of pages 176
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.