Visual Thinking

Rudolf Arnheim

One Early Stirrings

Perception torn from thinking.

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TwoThe Intelligence of Perception (i)

Perception as cognition

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ThreeThe Intelligence of Perception (ii)

Subtracting the context.

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FourTwo and Two together

Relations depend on structure.

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FiveThe Past in the Present

Forces acting on memory.

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SixThe Images of Thought

What are mental images like?

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SevenConcepts Take Shape

Abstract gestures.

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EightPictures, Symbols, and Signs

The function of images.

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NineWhat Abstraction is Not

A harmful dichotomy.

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TenWhat Abstraction is

Types and containers.

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ElevenWith Feet on the Ground

Abstraction as withdrawl.

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TwelveThinking With Pure Shapes

Numbers reflect life.

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ThirteenWords in their Place

an one think in words?

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FourteenArt and Thought

Thinking in children's drawings.

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FifteenModels for Theory

Cosmological shapes.

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SixteenVision in Education

What is art for?

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Notes

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Bibliography

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Index

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