1. sējums - Daugavpils Universitāte

Literatūra (03-ieteicamā periodika):
Philosophy of Music Education Review (http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/philosophyusic_education_review )
Kādām studiju programmām un to daļām (A, B, C, D) ir piederīgs šis kurss:
B
Kursa nosaukums angļu valodā:
Psychology of Art
Kursa anotācija angļu valodā:
The subject of psychology of art. Psychology of art and other directions in psychology. Notion of personality.
Theories of personality. Sphere of cognition in a personality. Perception, thinking and imagination. Gestalt
psychology on perception and thinking. Illusions of perception. Use of illusions of perception in art. Types of
imagination. Intentional and unintentional imagination. Dream as a type of unintentional imagination.
Development of imagination. Emotions. Feelings. Main qualities of a personality. Artist‟s personality and
works of art.
Main theories of the psychology of art. The notions of a sign, meaning, symbol and image. L.Vygotsky‟s
theory of sign and meaning. Depth psychology on art. C.Jung‟s and J.Hillman‟s theories of archetypes.
Symbol as the expression of unconscious sphere.
C.Jung‟s views on the structure and development of personality. Symbol as the language of the
unconscious sphere. Symbolism of colours, space, objects and motion. Archetype and symbol.
Symbolism and mythology.
Myths about the birth of a hero. Rebirth in myths. Stages of development of mythological images and
symbols: Ouroboros, the Great and Terrible Mother, partition of the Creators. Latvian mythological images
and their significance.
Symbolism and painting.
Symbolism of colours, space and objects in painting. Symbolic analysis of a particular picture.
Psychosynthetic approach to the analysis of drawing.
Symbolism in films and dreams.
Fundamentals of the symbolic analysis of a film. Fundamentals of the psychological-symbolic analysis of
dreams. Analysis of a particular film and dream. Image and meaning of person‟s life.
Humanistic psychology on art. A.Maslow‟s and C.Rogers‟ conception of self-realisation. Art as striving for
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