The artful mind : cognitive science and the riddle of human creativity / edited by Mark Turner.

Date:
2006
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Publication/Creation

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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xvi, 314 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Art and cognitive evolution / Merlin Donald -- The aesthetic faculty / Terrence Deacon -- A cognitive account of aesthetics / Francis Steen -- Composition and emotion / David Freedberg -- The art of compression / Mark Turner -- The cognitive tango / Lawrence M. Zbikowski -- Dynamics of completion / Shirley Brice Heath -- The neuroscience of form in art / George Lakoff -- Form and meaning in art / Per Aage Brandt -- Slippages of meaning and form / Stephen Murray -- Making relics work / Robert A. Scott -- Architectural space as metaphor in the Greek sanctuary / Gloria Ferrari -- The neurology of ambiguity / Semir Zeki -- Mastering ambiguity / Marc De Mey.

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  • 0195306368
  • 9780195306361