

An edition of Patterns of artistic development (1998)
comparative studies of talent
By Constance Milbrath
Publish Date
1998
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Language
eng
Pages
422
Description:
This book traces the development of artistic talent from early childhood to adolescence through a series of studies that look comparatively at development in talented and less talented populations. It presents a model of artistic talent that attributes individual differences to the figurative abilities of talented children. The model proposes that artistic talent results from the continual coordination of heightened figurative abilities with conceptual processes throughout a period critical in semiotic development. The studies focus on the development of form, spatial relationships, and composition in children's artwork. Milbrath's theory is richly supported by original examples of children's artwork.