Visual Thinking.

Autor/in	Arnheim, Rudolf
Titel	Visual Thinking.
Quelle	(1971), (345 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Abstract Reasoning; Art; Cognitive Development; Cognitive Processes; Concept Formation; Creative Development; Creative Thinking; Eidetic Imagery; Nonverbal Ability; Nonverbal Learning; Perception; Pictorial Stimuli; Semiotics; Sensory Experience; Sensory Training; Symbolic Language; Vision; Visual Arts; Visual Learning; Visual Perception + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abstraktes Denken; Denken; Arts; Kunst; Kognitive Entwicklung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Kreatives Denken; Wahrnehmung; Fantasieanregung; Semiotik; Sinnerfahrung; Sensorische Erziehung; Symbolsprache; Optische Gestaltung; Visual education; Visuelles Lernen; Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Abstract	Based on the more general principle that all thinking (including reasoning) is basically perceptual in nature, the author proposes that visual perception is not a passive recording of stimulus material but an active concern of the mind. He delineates the task of visually distinguishing changes in size, shape, and position and points out the complexity of the task accomplished each time the sense of vision establishes the size, shape, location, color, brightness, and movement of an object. The effect of the memory of past experience on perception provides a framework for his discussion of mental imagery and its relation to direct sensory observation. He postulates that mental images are a necessary precondition for "thought," and he uses line drawings to illustrate the organization of mental images into concepts. The functions of three categories of images--pictures, symbols, and signs--are explained. The author describes two antagonistic theories of abstraction and states that it is the indispensable link between perceiving and thinking. He believes that words are not indispensable to thought, but serve as labels for images, and that art is not just a form of visual thinking, but fulfills other primary functions by creating beauty, perfection, harmony, and order. In conclusion, he proposes that the means and ends of science and art are closely allied. (JY)
Anmerkungen	University of California Press, 2223 Fulton Street, Berkeley, California 94720 ($4.25)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01