Making sense of children's drawings / John Willats.
The message of this book is a simple one: children learn to draw by acquiring increasingly complex and effective drawing rules. In this regard, learning to draw is like learning a language, and as with language children use these rules creatively, making infinite use of finite means.
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Mahwah, N.J. :
L. Erlbaum Associates,
2005.
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Summary: | The message of this book is a simple one: children learn to draw by acquiring increasingly complex and effective drawing rules. In this regard, learning to draw is like learning a language, and as with language children use these rules creatively, making infinite use of finite means. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 261 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-256) and index. |
ISBN: | 1410613569 9781410613561 0805845372 9780805845372 0805845380 9780805845389 |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |