Children's Drawings of the Human Figure (Essays in Development Psychology)

Maureen V. Cox

ISBN 10: 1138876976 / ISBN 13: 9781138876972

Published by Routledge 2015-06-25, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Children's Drawings of the Human Figure (Essays in Development Psychology)
• Publisher: Routledge 2015-06-25
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138876976
• ISBN 13: 9781138876972
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The human figure is one of the earliest topics drawn by the young child and remains popular throughout childhood and into adolescence. When it first emerges, however, the human figure in the child's drawing is very bizarre: it appears to have no torso and its arms, if indeed it has any, are attached to its head. Even when the figure begins to look more conventional the child must still contend with a variety of problems: for instance, how to draw the head and body in the right proportions and how to draw the figure in action. In this book, Maureen Cox traces the development of the human form in children's drawings; she reviews the literature in the field, criticises a number of major theories which purport to explain the developing child's drawing skills and also presents new data.

About the Author

Maureen V. Cox