Patterns of artistic development
Subtitle: comparative studies of talent
By: Constance Milbrath.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
Subjects: Child artists -- Psychology.; Creative ability in children.
Description: This book traces the development of artistic talent from early childhood to adolescence through a series of studies that look comparatively at development in talented and less talented populations. It presents a model of artistic talent that attributes individual differences to the figurative abilities of talented children.

The model proposes that artistic talent results from the continual coordination of heightened figurative abilities with conceptual processes throughout a period critical in semiotic development. The studies focus on the development of form, spatial relationships, and composition in children's artwork. Milbrath's theory is richly supported by original examples of children's artwork.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-415) and index.