Creativity from constraints : the psychology of breakthrough / Patricia D. Stokes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stokes, Patricia D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Problem solving.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this exciting new contribution to the study of creativity, psychologist, artist, and writer Dr. Patricia Stokes delves into the minds of famous creative artists and discovers the surprising source leading to their creative breakthroughs. From Picasso to Stravinsky, Kundera and Chanel to Frank Lloyd Wright, it is not boundary-less creative freedom that inspires new ideas, but self-imposed, well-considered constraints. Monet forced himself to repeatedly paint the way light broke on, between, and around his subjects, contrasting color instead of light and dark, and softening edges in the proceed

Contents:

The creativity problem

Constraints and first choruses

Constraints for creativity in literature

Constraints for creativity in art

Constraints for creativity in fashion

Constraints for creativity in architecture

Constraints for creativity in advertising

Constraints for creativity in music

Constraints for developing creativity

Central concepts: a recap.

Notes:

"This book is written for psychologists who study creativity and problem solving, skill acquisition and expertise, development and education, this book is also of practical use to researchers and clinicians, the success of whose designs--experimental and clinical--depends on the creative choice of constraints. Learn about: - Strategic and structural constraints - Constraints as creative tools - Application of constraints to clinical experimentation"--Provided by the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8261-9785-X

OCLC:

476263798