The Arts And Human Development: With A New Introduction By The Author / Edition 1

by Howard E Gardner

Overview

A revised edition of Gardner's classic on the development of creativity. Illustrated throughout with children's art, this book is a systematic examination of the relation between youthful participation in the arts and the ultimate craftsmanship attained by gifted artists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780465004409
Publisher:	Basic Books
Publication date:	11/10/1994
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	1,133,693
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1420L (what's this?)

About the Author

Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor in Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Among numerous honors, Gardner received a MacArthur Prize Fellowship in 1981. In 1990, he was the first American to receive the University of Louisville's Grawemeyer Award in education. In 2000, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Editorial Reviews

"The presentation is scholarly, and though not pedantic, it calls for considerable application," said LJ's reviewer of this look at the psychology of the artistic process. "Artists, psychologists, and teachers will find it most interesting and worthwhile" (LJ 1/15/74).

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