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Looking for the development of artistic style in children's artworlds
Author(s) -
Pufall Peter B.,
Pesonen Tuuli
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.23220009007
Subject(s) - style (visual arts) , proposition , psychology , aesthetics , social change , child development , visual arts education , sociology , visual arts , developmental psychology , art , epistemology , the arts , philosophy , economics , economic growth
We develop the proposition that children's drawing style is sustained and developed in “artworlds”—a symbolic reality constrained by social valuings of art and opportunities to do art, as well as children's personal themes and representational skills that change systematically over development and with artistic experience.