This book is about aesthetic processes and play from the perspectives of psychologists, philosophers, and semiologists. They explore the underlying processes from many viewpoints, including the prehistoric roots of language and art; the historical evolution of artistic, literary, and musical styles; the structure of artworks from both gestalt and semiotic perspectives; the biological and psychological processes underlying production and appreciation; the appeal of sentimental art; emotional responses to art and other aesthetic forms; personality in relation to artistic style; the testing and...

This book is about aesthetic processes and play from the perspectives of psychologists, philosophers and semiologists.

Argues that relations between mind and body are analogous to those between subject matter and style in art.

Argues that relations between mind and body are analogous to those between subject matter and style in art.