The Arts and the Creation of Mind

by Elliot W. Eisner

Book Overview

Although the arts are often thought to be closer to the rim of education than to its core, they are, surprisingly, critically important means for developing complex and subtle aspects of the mind, argues Elliot Eisner in this engrossing book. In it he describes how various forms of thinking are evoked, developed, and refined through the arts. These forms of thinking, Eisner argues, are more helpful in dealing with the ambiguities and uncertainties...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300105118
• ISBN13: 9780300105117
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"