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Making sense of children's drawings / John Willats.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 261 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1410613569
  • 9781410613561
  • 0805845372
  • 9780805845372
  • 0805845380
  • 9780805845389
  • 1135624984
  • 9781135624989
  • 1282326775
  • 9781282326774
  • 9786612326776
  • 6612326778
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Making sense of children's drawings.DDC classification:
  • 155.4 22
LOC classification:
  • BF723.D7 W55 2005eb
NLM classification:
  • 2005 I-061
  • WS 105.5.D2
Other classification:
  • 77.55
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Contradictions and confusions -- In the beginning -- The early years -- Where do we go from here? -- Regions -- Lines, line junctions, and perspective -- "Seeing in" and the mechanism of development -- The drawing process -- Children as artists -- Art education -- Summing up.
Summary: The message of this book is a simple one: children learn to draw by acquiring increasingly complex and effective drawing rules. In this regard, learning to draw is like learning a language, and as with language children use these rules creatively, making infinite use of finite means.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-256) and index.

Introduction -- Contradictions and confusions -- In the beginning -- The early years -- Where do we go from here? -- Regions -- Lines, line junctions, and perspective -- "Seeing in" and the mechanism of development -- The drawing process -- Children as artists -- Art education -- Summing up.

The message of this book is a simple one: children learn to draw by acquiring increasingly complex and effective drawing rules. In this regard, learning to draw is like learning a language, and as with language children use these rules creatively, making infinite use of finite means.

Print version record.

English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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