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THIS most interesting book is a study in the investigation of the creative activity of poor-sighted and blind subjects combined with a comparative study of the art of different cultures. The first section of the book is devoted to the study of children's drawings, the second to those of the weak-sighted, the third to a generalized study. There are more than a hundred pages of illustrations of children's drawings, together with a selection of drawings from weak-sighted individuals and various representations of historical types of art. The artistic creations of the blind and weak-sighted are largely based on the sense of touch and other senses.
The Nature of Creative Activity
Experimental and Comparative Studies of Visual and Non-Visual Sources of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture by means of the Artistic Products of Weak-Sighted and Blind Subjects and of the Art of Different Epochs and Cultures. By Viktor Löwenfeld. Translated from the German by O. A. Oeser. Pp. xvii + 272. (London: Kegan Paul and Co., Ltd., 1939.) 21s. net.
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Psychology and Philosophy. Nature 145, 662 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145662c0
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