{"product_id":"the-cambridge-handbook-of-the-psychology-of-aesthetics-and-the-arts-hardback-9781107026285","title":"The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Aesthetics and the Arts (Hardback) 9781107026285","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Aesthetics and the Arts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book presents groundbreaking research and thinking on our interactions with artworks, literature, poetry, music, movies, performances, architecture and design.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePablo P. L. Tinio (Edited by), Jeffrey K. Smith (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107026285, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 October 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e664 pages, 41 b\/w illus.  6 tables\u003cbr\u003e25.3 x 17.8 x 3.3 cm, 1.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This volume brings together important scholarship and groundbreaking methodological approaches for understanding the fundamental question of how and why art moves us. Although an individual's experience of art is inherently subjective, these collected essays draw on research in psychology and aesthetics to bring new insights to a topic that historically many scholars in the field had considered too indefinable to analyze or quantify.' Kathryn Potts, Helena Rubinstein Chair of Education, Whitney Museum of American Art\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe psychology of aesthetics and the arts is dedicated to the study of our experiences of the visual arts, music, literature, film, performances, architecture and design; our experiences of beauty and ugliness; our preferences and dislikes; and our everyday perceptions of things in our world. The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Aesthetics and the Arts is a foundational volume presenting an overview of the key concepts and theories of the discipline where readers can learn about the questions that are being asked and become acquainted with the perspectives and methodologies used to address them. The psychology of aesthetics and the arts is one of the oldest areas of psychology but it is also one of the fastest growing and most exciting areas. This is a comprehensive and authoritative handbook featuring essays from some of the most respected scholars in the field.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Concepts, Theories and Methods: 1. Introduction by the editors Jeffrey K. Smith and Pablo P. L. Tinio\u003cbr\u003e 2. Empirical aesthetics: hindsight and foresight Oshin Vartanian\u003cbr\u003e 3. Philosophy of art and empirical aesthetics: resistance and rapprochement William P. Seeley\u003cbr\u003e 4. Theoretical foundations for an empirical aesthetics Gerald C. Cupchik\u003cbr\u003e 5. Aesthetics assessment Aaron Kozbelt and James C. Kaufman\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Perspectives and Approaches to Art and Aesthetics: 6. Beyond perception: information processing approaches to art appreciation Helmut Leder\u003cbr\u003e 7. Psychodynamics and the arts Pavel Machotka\u003cbr\u003e 8. Evolutionary approaches to art and aesthetics Marcos Nadal and Gerardo Gómez-Puerto\u003cbr\u003e 9. The walls do speak: psychological aesthetics and the museum experience Pablo P. L. Tinio, Jeffrey K. Smith and Lisa F. Smith\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Objects and Media: 10. Empirical investigation of the elements of composition in paintings: a painting as stimulus Paul J. Locher\u003cbr\u003e 11. 'Mute, motionless, variegated rectangles': aesthetics and photography I. C. McManus and Katharina Stöver\u003cbr\u003e 12. Aesthetic responses to design: a battle of impulses Paul Hekkert\u003cbr\u003e 13. From music perception to an integrative framework for the psychology of aesthetics Stefan Koelsch\u003cbr\u003e 14. Theater and dance: another pathway to understanding human nature Thalia R. Goldstein and Rebecca Yasskin\u003cbr\u003e 15. Arts education, academic achievement and cognitive ability Swathi Swaminathan and E. Glenn Schellenberg\u003cbr\u003e 16. Aesthetics and the built environment: no painting or musical piece can compare Andréa Livi Smith\u003cbr\u003e 17. Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest one of all? Influencing factors and effects of facial attractiveness Gernot Gerger and Helmut Leder\u003cbr\u003e 18. An aesthetics of literary fiction David Carr\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Contemporary Issues and Debates: 19. Neuroaesthetics: descriptive and experimental approaches Anjan Chatterjee\u003cbr\u003e 20. How emotions shape aesthetic experiences Stefano Mastandrea\u003cbr\u003e 21. Unusual aesthetic states Emily C. Nusbaum and Paul J. Silvia\u003cbr\u003e 22. Personality and aesthetic experiences Viren Swami and Adrian Furnham\u003cbr\u003e 23. Hokusai and Fuji: cognition, convention and pictorial invention in Japanese pictorial arts David Bell\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Pulling it All Together: 24. And all that jazz: rigour and relevance in the psychology of aesthetics and the arts Pablo P. L. Tinio and Jeffrey K. 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