Creativity & Art
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Creativity & Art

Neuroscientific and Psychoanalytic Perspectives

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Creativity & Art

Neuroscientific and Psychoanalytic Perspectives

About this book

The authors discuss in an interdisciplinary approach creative processes in art from a neuroscientific and psychoanalytic perspective. By referring to the current knowledge of brain sciences, the understanding of the neural bases innate to the creation of artworks is explored. Historical aspects of aesthetic experience and creation in ancient and modern times are addressed. Numerous artists of various fields are presented with emphasis on how their subjective lived experiences of critical life events are expressed and reflected in their artwork. Building blocks of creativity in early childhood development are described and psychoanalytic understanding of human aesthetic experience and creativity is discussed. The book is aimed at a large audience.

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Table of contents

  1. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  2. INTRODUCTION
  3. 1 THE BEGINNINGS
  4. 2 BRAIN, MIND, BODY
  5. 3 HIERARCHIES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
  6. 4 THE VISUAL BRAIN
  7. 5 THE DYNAMICS OF MEMORY
  8. 6 AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE AND ARTISTIC CREATION
  9. 7 CREATIVITY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
  10. 8 PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL ART AND MODERN ART
  11. 9 MUSIC
  12. 10 GRIEF
  13. 11 GRIEVING PROCESSES
  14. 12 ADVERSITY AND RESILIENCE
  15. 13 ARTISTS’ EXPRESSIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS OF THEIR CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
  16. 14 WRITERS’ TESTIMONIES
  17. 15 TESTIMONY FROM ARTISTS MISSING THEIR MOTHERS
  18. 16 TESTIMONY FROM ARTISTS MISSING THEIR FATHERS
  19. 17 PSYCHOANALYTIC CONCEPTION OF ART, CREATIVITY, AND AESTHETICS
  20. 18 THE UNCANNY
  21. 19 AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE AND PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY
  22. EPILOGUE
  23. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  24. ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  25. INDEX
  26. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  27. ILLUSTRATION CREDITS