Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This book presents several original studies of artistically talented children and their less-talented peers. The focus is on the spontaneous drawings children produce and on the types of compositions children generate when given materials to compose. Milbrath's model of artistic talent attributes individual differences to the figurative abilities of talented children, and her theory is richly supported by original examples of children's artwork.
Table of Contents
Part I. The Representation of Form and Space: 1. Perspectives on drawing: deriving a developmental model for artistic talent; 2. Samples and methods for the spontaneous drawings studies; 3. From line to representation; 4. The human figure; 5. The evolution of a single viewpoint; 6. Putting space together; Part II. Composition: 7. Composing the picture; 8. Conducting the composition study: methods and procedures; 9. The compositions studies; 10. Toward a model of artistic development; Bibliography; Appendices.