Aging, Creativity and Art

• I: The Case is Made: Late-Life Creativity and Old Age Art.- 1. Late-Life Creativity.- 2. Old Age and Old Artists.- II: Competing Views of Late-Life Creativity.- 3. The Youthful Rise, Early Fall, and Short Span of Creativity: The Decline Model.- 4. Does Creativity Decline with Age?.- 5. Late-Life Creativity: The Continuity Position and Alternatives to Decline.- III: Late-Life Creativity: Historical and Contemporary Artists.- 6. A Reconsideration of Lehman’s Findings.- 7. The Course of Creativity among Historical Artists of Renown: The Peak and Productive Years.- 8. Creative Productivity, Gender, and Individual Differences for Long-Lived Artists of Renown.- 9. Contemporary Old Artists on Their Late-Life Creativity: The Quality and Quantity of Late-Life Art.- 10. New Ideas and Approaches by Aging Artists: What Has Been Learned about Late-Life Creativity?.- IV: The Old-Age Style.- 11. The Old-Age Style Introduced: The Issues.- 12. Identifying Artists with an Old-Age Style: Contributions from Experts, Laypersons, and Artists.- 13. Describing Paintings in the Old-Age Style.- 14. Beyond the Old-Age Style, Old Art, and Aging Artists.- V: Art and the Elderly.- 15. Reactions to Paintings by Older and Younger Viewers.- 16. Age Differences and the Arts.- 17. Looking Ahead.- References.

From the reviews: "In a brave attempt, Martin Lindauer explores the relationship between aging and creativity among artists ... . Readers will be impressed by the varied and rich sources of information that Lindauer used in writing this book. ... his book may be one example of a unique artistic output in terms of quality and style. ... Martin Lindauer has made this book a beautiful work of art." (Sing Lau, American Journal of Psychology, Spring, 2007)