| Abstract: | Maintains that S. and E. Blatt's book is a monumental, awe-inspiring, and profoundly scientific work of great inner beauty. It explores the history of painting from the Paleolithic Period (15,000-10,000 B.C.) to contemporary art. With enormous erudition Blatt discusses parallel developments in art and science. The thesis of Blatt's book is that the development of culture in mankind is fundamentally parallel to the cognitive development of the child as described by J. Piaget. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
