Visions of Aesthetics, the Environment & Development - 9781138873292

Name: Visions of Aesthetics, the Environment & Development - 9781138873292
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Visions of Aesthetics, the Environment & Developmentthe Legacy of Joachim F. Wohlwill\nAuthor(s): Roger M. Downs, Lynn S. Liben, David S. Palermo\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Psychology Press Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781138873292, 978-1138873292\nSynopsis\nDerived from a conference honoring the legacy of Joachim Wohlwill, this volume is designed to reflect as many facets of the late scholar's wide-ranging work as possible. As its title indicates, the book identifies three broad areas in which Wohlwill made significant contributions: art and aesthetics, human-environment interaction, and concepts of development. In each of these areas Wohlwill made seminal contributions, helping to shape, maintain, and even change the direction of research and thought. Specific topics addressed here by his colleagues, students, and contemporaries include: the shape of development, the intermingling of perception and cognition, the balance between innate a.