Commentary: What Drawings by Atypical Populations Can Tell Us.

Winner, Ellen

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ERIC Number: EJ560134

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Commentary: What Drawings by Atypical Populations Can Tell Us.

Winner, Ellen

Visual Arts Research, v22 n44 p90-95 Fall 1996

Highlights similarities and differences between the art making of normally developing and mentally retarded individuals. Defines pathological art as outsider art that can never be creative in the sense of relating to the artistic domain and engaging in a creative dialog with other artists that shape that domain. (MJP)

Descriptors: Adult Development, Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Art Products, Art Therapy, Autism, Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Developmental Disabilities, Individual Development, Mental Retardation, Neuropsychology, Perceptual Development, Self Expression, Skill Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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