Visual Thinking

For thirty-five yearsVisual Thinkinghas been the gold standard for art educators, psychologists, and general readers alike. In this seminal work, Arnheim, author ofThe Dynamics of Architectural Form, Film as Art, Toward a Psychology of Art,andArt and Visual Perception,asserts that all thinking (not just thinking related to art) is basically perceptual in nature, and that the ancient dichotomy between seeing and thinking, between perceiving and reasoning, is false and misleading. An indis-pensable tool for students and for those interested in the arts.

Rudolf Arnheim is Professor Emeritus of the Psychology of Art at Harvard University.