THE PSYCHOLOGY OF AESTHETICS
Monet's japanese bridge in the garden at Giverny, June, 1997.
Other portrayals of the bridge, by Monet, can be accessed below in the
Miscellany section.
| PSYC 444-SPRING 1999- 226 WOLF- T, Th 930 - 1045 | John P. McLaughlin 831-2752, johnmcl@udel.edu Office: 213 Wolf |
Readings in the semester will be from (1) a text: Solso, R.L. (1994) Cognition and the Visual Arts, Cambridge, MA and (2) selected articles that will be on regular and electronic reserve in Morris Library. The electronic versions can be downloaded via Netscape and the Library will provide a set of instructions for doing this. Click here to view the articles . Please note that the articles are available on the library's server only during those semesters in which the course is actually taught. A few additional pieces by me will also be available on email. In the schedule below, articles are indicated with the senior author's name and chapters from Solso by chapter numbers.
There will be two essay exams, each of which will contribute a third of your total grade. The remaining third will come from a 3-4K-word term-paper and a short in-class talk based on your paper. In addition, I will post material, e.g., study guides, to this page. The introduction that I have written is to be found below, after the syllabus, in the Readings section.
| DATE | TOPIC | READING |
| FEB 9 | INTRODUCTION | McL-INTRO;BORNSTEIN1-29 |
| 11 | " | |
| 16 | VISION | CH.1 |
| 18 | BRAIN | CH.2 |
| 23 | LATERALITY | McL-HEMISPHERIC SPEC. |
| 25 | " | |
| MAR 2 | FORM | CH.3; HOEGE |
| 4 | VISUAL COGNITION | CH.4; TEUBER |
| 9 | CONTEXT | CH.5 |
| 11 | EYE MOVEMENTS | CH.6 |
| 16 | AROUSAL | BERLYNE; BORNSTEIN 29-35 |
| 18 | TYPICALITY | MARTINDALE,et al; BOSELIE |
| 23 | REVIEW | |
| 25 | MIDTERM | |
| 3/27-4/4 | SPRING BREAK | |
| APR 6 | TYPICALITY II | LANGLOIS & ROGGMAN; HEKKERT & SNELDERS |
| 8 | AROUSAL REVISITED | MARTINDALE; KONECNI |
| 13 | PERSPECTIVE | CH. 7 |
| 15 | " | CH. 8 |
| 20 | CANONS | CH. 9 |
| 22 | EXPERTISE | SCHMIDT, et al |
| 27 | EVOLUTION | DISSANAYAKE;BORNSTEIN 54-73 |
| 29 | DEVELOPMENT | BORNSTEIN 40-54; GARDNER |
| MAY 4 | CREATIVITY, PERSONALITY | ZUCKERMAN, et al; BORNSTEIN 35-40 |
| 6 | PAPERS | |
| 11 | " | |
| 13 | " | |
| 18 | REVIEW |
Another view in Monet's gardens. June 1997.
Museum Web Pages. Click on the museum of your choice in the list below to see what displays it is offering.
National Museum of American Art
National Portrait Gallery, London
On-line Art Museum: see Van
Gogh's Van Goghs; The Whitney's American Century
Eye and
op-art. Some illustrations are not yet available
Diagram of the cellular anatomy of the macula
Diagram of the retina-geniculate-cortex connections
Medieval stained glass. Sainte Chappell, Paris, 1997.
1.- Olympia
Click here
to enlarge Olympia
2. Van Gogh's Wheat Field with Crows
Click
here to enlarge
3. Goya's May 3,1808
Click
here to enlarge
4. DaVinci's The Last Supper
Click
here to enlarge
5. Duchamps' Nude Descending a Staircase
Click here for X.J. Kennedy's poem.
6. Vasarely's Arcturus 2.
MISCELLANY
A Web Site that provides details on the work, The Painter's Eye. Click here.
An intimate view of a gallery opening .
. Harry Clarke's Geneva Window.
Text and original graphics are copyrighted, 1999 by John P. McLaughlin, all rights reserved.
Last updated June 29, 1999
