Ellen Winner is Professor of Psychology at Boston College and Senior Research Associate at Project Zero, Harvard University. She is also the author of Gifted Children: Myths and Realities.

• Introduction: The Puzzle of Art 1. Personality and Intellect 1. The Artist 2. The Audience 2. Painting 3. What's in a Picture? 4. The Untutored Eye? 5. The Development of Drawing 3. Music 6. The Sounds of Music 7. The Innovent Ear 8. The Birth of Song 4. Literature 9. The Literary Experience 10. Once upon a Time 11. First Drafts 5. Art and Abnormality 12. The Damaged Brain 13. Mental Illness Epilogue: Solving the Puzzle of Art Illustration Sources References Index

[T]here has not been such a book in years…[and] this book is extremely good. I would not be surprised if it became the standard text for courses on the psychology of art… Winner takes widely scattered studies and weaves them together very nicely, always keeping the theoretical issues clear.

Ellen Winner is Professor of Psychology at Boston College and Senior Research Associate at Project Zero, Harvard University. She is also the author of Gifted Children: Myths and Realities.

• Introduction: The Puzzle of Art 1. Personality and Intellect 1. The Artist 2. The Audience 2. Painting 3. What's in a Picture? 4. The Untutored Eye? 5. The Development of Drawing 3. Music 6. The Sounds of Music 7. The Innovent Ear 8. The Birth of Song 4. Literature 9. The Literary Experience 10. Once upon a Time 11. First Drafts 5. Art and Abnormality 12. The Damaged Brain 13. Mental Illness Epilogue: Solving the Puzzle of Art Illustration Sources References Index

[T]here has not been such a book in years…[and] this book is extremely good. I would not be surprised if it became the standard text for courses on the psychology of art… Winner takes widely scattered studies and weaves them together very nicely, always keeping the theoretical issues clear.

Ellen Winner is Professor of Psychology at Boston College and Senior Research Associate at Project Zero, Harvard University. She is also the author of Gifted Children: Myths and Realities.

• Introduction: The Puzzle of Art 1. Personality and Intellect 1. The Artist 2. The Audience 2. Painting 3. What's in a Picture? 4. The Untutored Eye? 5. The Development of Drawing 3. Music 6. The Sounds of Music 7. The Innovent Ear 8. The Birth of Song 4. Literature 9. The Literary Experience 10. Once upon a Time 11. First Drafts 5. Art and Abnormality 12. The Damaged Brain 13. Mental Illness Epilogue: Solving the Puzzle of Art Illustration Sources References Index

[T]here has not been such a book in years…[and] this book is extremely good. I would not be surprised if it became the standard text for courses on the psychology of art… Winner takes widely scattered studies and weaves them together very nicely, always keeping the theoretical issues clear.