Cognition, creation, comprehension.
Expression Theory of Art-
art communicates feelings and emotions
Context- the surrounding systems
or circumstances that allow us to fully understand something.
Psychobiographical
Interpretation- understanding someone and their history based on psychological
theories
Representation- portraying
something in a way that expresses exactly what the object is
Abstraction- expressing
something in a way that does not represent anything else
Is Expression in the Art or
the Artist?- according to the text, expression is within the art
Unconscious Feelings-
According to Frued, these feelings are expressed through art
Sublimation- According to
Frued, it “led humans to produce marvelous things like art and science.”
Paradox/Conundrum- hard to
interpret. Has visual puzzles that we
cannot immediately grasp the idea.
Pragmatism- emphasizes
usefulness and practicality rather than abstract ideals
Art as Experience- Book by
Dewey. He wrote about how art can be a
way for people to manipulate reality, and enrich their world.
Perception- the way that we
view something based upon our senses and our experiences
Interpretation- attempting
to come up with an idea of what a piece of art is trying to communicate.
Perceptual Psychology- based
under cognitive psychology, it deals with our everyday processes of how we
solve problems and perceive things.
Heuristics- learning for
yourself, by yourself
Peak Shift Effect- when
someone or something is trained to respond to a certain thing, an exaggerated version
will intensify their response
Dewey- psychologist who
applied pragmatism to his book, “Art as Experience”
Freud- Austrian
psychologist, psychoanalysis
