Perception is one of the most fundamental aspects of human communication. This activity utilizes art to help students experience and understand the psychological and communicative aspects of perception. Students are required to observe and discuss their observations about selected pieces of artwork. After completing the activity, students enhance…

The relationship among four perceptual variables is studied and the results discussed with reference to implications for the teaching of art and further research into variables of the psychology of art. (NH)

Efforts in recent years to combine technology with art have overturned previous attitudes toward man's conception of artistic imagery. (Editor/JR)

This article is reprinted from "Seven Magazine, a student publication of the University of North Iowa.

Frames a developmental psychology of art by contrasting the structural orientation of the study of drawing and the functional orientation of the study of artistry. This model maintains that graphic symbolization emerges with early mark-making, children's representative art is guided by perceptions of affordances, and children continue to engage in…

Argues that illusion is the separation between belief and knowledge; "trompe l'oeil" works by delaying knowledge so that belief supersedes. Presents five lessons: two concern "trompe l'oeil" and its ability to present believable illusions, the other three build on these, emphasizing illusionism, film, and aesthetics in relation…

The book contains papers and discussion summaries from a conference on the relationship of the arts to cognition and basic skills and the relevance of art and aesthetics research to art education. The papers suggest researchable questions in the arts and provide examples of ongoing studies in these areas. These questions are grouped into three…

Through the use of black and white photographs and drawings interspersed with narrative, this text attempts to foster awareness and appreciation of art in the life of the Lakota Indians. The concepts of space and mass are illustrated. The result of combining masses and spaces into various forms of sculpture (bas relief, monolithic, mobile,…

Works of visual art contain an inner dynamism and energy that an individual's perceptual apparatus can translate into kinesthetic impressions, movement, and sound. Through this translation, a child's natural energies can interact with the artwork through multiple sensory experiences, enriching art appreciation. After a brief examination of the…