ArtCognitive and Psychodynamic Psychological Perspectives

Housekeeping

•Bring money for Dunkies •Tour the MFA in groups for the time

we’re there •Schedule (1-617-827-1069)

▫ Maroon Café at start of 2nd period.▫ Dunks▫ 10:15-1:15 MFA▫ 1:15 BACK AT THE BUS!▫ 1:15 eat on bus

Guidelines for proper behavior for school group during gallery activitiespolicies• Considerate behavior is expected of all visitors. Use

inside voices. Always walk, don't run.• You must comply with the directions of the gallery

guard• In case of emergency, notify the gallery guard.• Gallery capacity is at the discretion of the gallery guard.• Any group or individual whose behavior is disruptive

will be asked to leave.• An aisle for public passage in the galleries must be

maintained at a minimum width of 36 inches (wheelchair width).

• Food and drinks, including water bottles, are prohibited in galleries.

• Do not touch the artwork; oil and dirt from your hands damage the art.

• Pencils not pens.

Why are we going to the MFA?

•Cognitive Psychology▫Creativity▫Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences

•Psychodynamic Psychology▫Jungian Archetypes▫Art Therapy

Creativity•Preparation

Research: Collect information or data.

• IncubationPercolation: Milling over collected information.

• IlluminationLight Bulb Idea: Aha moment.

• ImplementationActual Making, creating: Verification.

Dance at BougivalPierre-Auguste Renoir

The Letting Go Sarah Sze

Multiple Intelligences

•Spatial•Linguistic•Logical-mathematical•Bodily-kinesthetic•Musical•Interpersonal•Intrapersonal•Naturalistic•Existential

Still Life with Bread, Ham, Cheese, and Vegetables Luis Meléndez

Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On)Joseph Mallord William Turner

Jungian Archetypes• Family archetypes

▫ The father: Stern, powerful, controlling

▫ The mother: Feeding, nurturing, soothing

▫ The child: Birth, beginnings, salvation

• Story archetypes▫ The hero: Rescuer, champion▫ The maiden: Purity, desire▫ The wise old man: Knowledge,

guidance▫ The magician: Mysterious, powerful▫ The earth mother: Nature▫ The witch or sorceress: Dangerous▫ The trickster: Deceiving, hidden

• Animal archetypes▫ The faithful dog: Unquestioning

loyalty▫ The enduring horse: Never giving up▫ The devious cat: Self-serving

•The Persona•The Anima•The Animus•The Shadow

Mother and child (ntadi)Artist Unidentified, African

Virgin and Child Domenico Corvi

 Royal Oak, Michigan 1984 Nick Nixson

Art Therapy•Art therapy is a mental health profession

that uses the creative process of art making to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages. It is based on the belief that the creative process involved in artistic self-expression helps people to resolve conflicts and problems, develop interpersonal skills, manage behavior, reduce stress, increase self-esteem and self-awareness, and achieve insight.

Linda Nolchin and DaisyAlice NeelBased in New York, Alice Need specialized in blunt and revealing portraits of friends and acquaintances. Here she captures the influential art historian Linda Nochlin and her daughter. Neel's deliberately crude brushstrokes and vibrant palette preclude the flattery typical of much portraiture. Nochlin's looming head and large, discerning eyes challenge the viewer. Her confrontational stare contrasts with Daisy's open and eager encounter with both painter and viewer.

•Room in Brooklyn 1932Edward Hoppe

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•Only use your phone in the lobbies.