First Advisor

Hugo Maynard

Term of Graduation

Winter 1979

Date of Publication

12-13-1978

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (M.S.) in Psychology

Department

Psychology

Language

English

Subjects

Painting -- Psychological aspects, Communication in art, Artists with mental disabilities

DOI

10.15760/etd.848

Physical Description

1 online resource (2 volumes)

Abstract

This thesis presents the results of a longitudinal study of a painting class for a group of mentally and physically handicapped young adults. The author's observational journal and the students' paintings provided the basis of the thesis.

The author gave maximum freedom to her students and the students fully exercised creativity through their painting activity. This experience brought a new identity to the group. The students evolved from a collection of separate people into a cohesive social unit.

The author tries to show, in this developmental process, how intellectual and emotional events and problems were met and solved by the students in their painting activity.

In volume II, the author presents, in color, most of the paintings discussed in this thesis, together with a list of all the illustrations or "figures." Each figure has a caption which gives the figure number, the name of the artist, the medium in which the work is done, and the measured dimensions of the work to the nearest millimeter. The dimensions are given with the vertical measurement first and the horizontal measurement last. In most cases this date is precise, but it is sometimes impossible to state the exact day on which a work was done because of the inadequacy of the record.

Rights

© Yaeko Steidel 1979

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Persistent Identifier

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