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Author: Ellen Winner (Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychology, Boston College)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 0.680kg
ISBN: 9780190863357
ISBN 10: 0190863358
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 29 November 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Never have the links between the world of the arts and the sciences of the mind been so carefully and fruitfully drawn as they are in Winner's new book. * David Olson, University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto * In this thoughtful, judicious, and fascinating book, you'll find our best current answers to all the questions that thinking people ask about art, including what it is, what makes it great, whether it is universal, why we make and enjoy it, and whether it is good for us. How Art Works will be the place to look for knowledge on how art works for years to come. * Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of How the Mind Works and Enlightenment Now *
Featured in the New York Times and in the Wall Street Journal Ambitious, covering everything from figurative paintings to abstract expressionism, tonal music, novels, and theatre. This is an engaging project, and How Art Works is exhilarating in part because Winner actually has some answers. -- The New Yorker This shift from philosophical analysis to a robust empirical approach of experiment and observation is the starting point of this book, which is a fascinating account of social scientists' investigations of art through interviews, experiments, data collection, and statistical analysis. Winner touches on a variety of topics ranging from music and emotion, fiction and empathy, the Mozart effect, and perfect fakes and forgeries, to Hockney's theory of optical aids, effort bias, artistic prodigies, deliberate practice and talent, and our curious enjoyment of negative emotions. Recommended for all readers. --Choice In this thoughtful, judicious, and fascinating book, you'll find our best current answers to all the questions that thinking people ask about art, including what it is, what makes it great, whether it is universal, why we make and enjoy it, and whether it is good for us. How Art Works will be the place to look for knowledge on how art works for years to come. --Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of How the Mind Works and Enlightenment Now Never have the links between the world of the arts and the sciences of the mind been so carefully and fruitfully drawn as they are in Winner's new book. -- David Olson, University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto If you read one book on the psychology of art, make it this one. Ellen Winner gives us a book that celebrates the importance of art even as she remains grounded in experimental data and avoids hyperbole. She asks deceptively simple questions. What is art? Why do we make art? Does art make us better people? The clarity of her logic and the elegance of her prose as she answers these and other incisive questions makes this book a delight to read. --Anjan Chatterjee, MD, FAAN, Elliott Professor of Neurology and Director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, Author of The Aesthetic Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art How Art Works collects and critically examines the aggregate of much historical theory and modern research on art. It is therefore worth reading for those who want a sharp and friendly breakdown of the inner-workings of the human experience of art. Winner's survey offers a framework to ask reflectively what art is, while leaving room to consider the question for oneself. -- Riding the Dragon blog
Never have the links between the world of the arts and the sciences of the mind been so carefully and fruitfully drawn as they are in Winner's new book. * David Olson, University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto * In this thoughtful, judicious, and fascinating book, you'll find our best current answers to all the questions that thinking people ask about art, including what it is, what makes it great, whether it is universal, why we make and enjoy it, and whether it is good for us. How Art Works will be the place to look for knowledge on how art works for years to come. * Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of How the Mind Works and Enlightenment Now *
Author Information
Ellen Winner is Professor of Psychology at Boston College and Senior Research Associate at Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education. She directs the Arts and Mind Lab, which focuses on cognition in the arts in typical and gifted children as well as adults. She received the Rudolf Arnheim Award for Outstanding Research by a Senior Scholar in Psychology and the Arts from Division 10 in 2000.
