Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. I. Keynotes
5. FORM AND THE CONSUMER 7
6. AGENDA FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ART 17
7. II. The Sense of Sight
8. PERCEPTUAL ABSTRACTION AND ART 27
9. THE GESTALT THEORY OF EXPRESSION 51
10. PERCEPTUAL AND AESTHETIC ASPECTS OF THE MOVEMENT RESPONSE 74
11. PERCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF A RORSCHACH CARD 90
12. A REVIEW OF PROPORTION 102
13. III. The Visible World
14. ORDER AND COMPLEXITY IN LANDSCAPE DESIGN 123
15. THE MYTH OF THE BLEATING LAMB 136
16. ART HISTORY AND THE PARTIAL GOD 151
17. ACCIDENT AND THE NECESSITY OF ART 162
18. MELANCHOLY UNSHAPED 181
19. FROM FUNCTION TO EXPRESSION 192
20. IV. Symbols
21. ARTISTIC SYMBOLS-FREUDIAN AND OTHERWISE 215
22. PERCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF A SYMBOL OF INTERACTION 222
23. FOUR ANALYSES 245
24. ABSTRACT LANGUAGE AND THE METAPHOR 266
25. ON INSPIRATION 285
26. CONTEMPLATION AND CREATIVITY 292
27. EMOTION AND FEELING IN PSYCHOLOGY AND ART 302
28. THE ROBIN AND THE SAINT 320
29. VI. To Teachers and Artists
30. WHAT KIND OF PSYCHOLOGY? 337
31. IS MODERN ART NECESSARY? 343
32. THE FORM WE SEEK 353
33. INDEX 363