The Psychology of Artistic Creativity

This ground-breaking book provides a unique insight into artistic creativity that lays the groundwork for a new theory. Through a review of documents such as essays, published interviews, lecture notes, and more, the book uses case studies of six contemporary artists to provide a detailed phenomenological study of artistic creativity.

Autorentext

Bjarne Sode Funch is Associate Professor in Psychological Aesthetics at Roskilde University and Honorary Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Inhalt

PART ONE: PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDIES OF ARTISTIC CREATIVITY. 1. Solitude is Writing: Marguerite Duras on Creative Writing. 2. Inspiration Comes From Your Mind: Agnes Martin on Painting. 3. Affinity for the Infinite: Einojuhani Rautavaara on Composing. 4. Wind writes in water: Inger Christensen on Writing Poetry. 5. A Luminous State of being: Marina Abramovi **on Performance Art. 6. Differences Within Oneness: Kui Dong on composition. PART TWO: AN EXISTENTIAL-PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ARTISTIC CREATIVITY.** 7. Origins of artistic creativity. 8. The impulse to create. 9. Source for artistic creativity. 10.A new model for artistic creativity