Art and Science (Volume Four)

Author: Li Yanzu
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: This volume explores the intersection of art with psychology, physiology, and art anthropology as its research theme. In the "Ideas" section, American scholar Konstantinos Kondi's article on aesthetics from the perspectives of psychology and physiology offers unique insights. The papers "Psychological and Psychological Therapeutic Assessment Using Painting Art as a Medium," "Art, Sensation, Science, and the Color Wheel of Physiology," "Is Medicine an Art?--The Evolution of Medical Nature and the Rise of Medical Art," and "Artists as 'Psychologists'" analyze artistic phenomena or artists from different psychological and physiological angles. Art anthropology research has just begun in China. This volume publishes a special article by Dr. Fang Lili, providing an in-depth discussion of research methods in art anthropology. The two papers published in this volume, "Design as 'Reparation': Design Thinking Encounters Anthropology" by Panagiotis Loreides and "User Research: Anthropological Concepts and Methods in Design Studies" by Dr. Hu Fei, hold positive significance for anthropological research in design studies. In the "History" section, young scholars Huang Zhicheng and Huang Shuiyin offer insightful analyses of the art of Salvador Dalí and Wassily Kandinsky, respectively. In the "Fieldwork" section, two articles are published on Dai silverware craftsmanship and Miao residential architecture, both of which hold certain reference value. In the "Translation" section, Rudolf Arnheim's paper "Art History and Psychology" is also a first introduction to Chinese readers and is worth reading.