The Handbook of Gestalt-Theoretic Psychology of Art synthesizes contemporary research in the psychology of perception, cognition, language and hearing to reassess the Gestalt approach to studying the arts.
The Handbook of Gestalt-Theoretic Psychology of Art synthesizes contemporary research in the psychology of perception, cognition, language and hearing to reassess the Gestalt approach to studying the arts.
Since Rudolf Arnheims death in 2007, the field has seen a resurgence, with scientists revisiting and reinventing previously articulated points of view. For the first time, this new work is gathered in a single comprehensive resource. Beginning with a history of the field, the book considers meta-theoretic issues before discussing the various senses. It explores topics including aesthetics, space, poetry, literature, music, and film, bringing together leading researchers from across the discipline.
It will be an essential read for all students and researchers of the psychology of art, the psychology of perception, or Gestalt Theory.
1. Introduction
2. Gestalt Theory and Art, from Wolfgang Köhler, to
Rudolf Arnheim, to Today
3. Berlin, New York, Trieste Laboratories of the
Arts
4. History of Intersensoriality and Art
5. History of Gestalt Psychology
and Language
6. History of Gestalt Psychology and Music
7. Art, Phenomenology
and Gestalt Theory
8. Gestalt Psychology, Aesthetics and Neuroscience
9.
Tertiary Expressive Qualities for Design
10. Dynamics and Expression in
Visual Perception and Art: Emotions as Relational Structures
11. Gestalt
Perceptual Grouping and Crossmodal Art
12. Picture Perception
13. Pictures
and Color
14. Spatial Cognition and the Arts
15. Poetry and Metaphor
16.
Gestalt Psychology and (Literary) Narratives
17. Musical Consonance and
Dissonance: A View From the Gestalt
18. Psychology of Music Timbre
19.
Gestalt Psychology and Film
20. Gestalt Theory, Creativity and Problem
Solving in Art
21. Gestalt, Arnheim and Child Art Graphics
22. Perceptual
Organization and Optical-Kinetic Art: Unraveling the Links between Gruppo N
and the School of Psychology of Perception at the University of Padua
Walter Coppola psychologist, PhD in Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience, member of the Psychoacoustics and Music Psychology Laboratory team at the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Italy.
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