Hi Larry, C. W. Valentine, a British academic wrote a book called The Psychology of Beauty in the early 1900s. It is very outdated (and small) but may be important historically or give you some ideas for topics. The Golden section has been studied in art, biology, psychology, etc. John Benjafield of Brock University in Canada has published numerous articles on this topic. I believe Chris Green of York University may also have written a review. If you are interested in the psychology of art, the art historian, Gombrich or psychologist, Rudolph Arnheim have written books that may be relevant. And finally another area that you could look at is perception of beauty in faces. For example, Judith Langlois has done research on composite faces and perceived attractiveness. Hope this helps a bit. Coincidentally, I am about to start designing an honours research course for this fall and have yet to figure out what should go into it. Steve Charlton Kwantlen-University College Vancouver, B.C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Daily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: July 18, 2002 10:33 AM Subject: Perception of Beauty
> Hello all, > > In addition to teaching psychology I'm also our college's Honors director. > Next Spring I'm planning on team-teaching an Honors course (with folks from > Art, Music, and English) on perception of beauty. I'm a memory guy, so this > is a bit outside my normal domain and I was wondering if any TIPSters have > favorite references they could point out that would help me plan my portion > of the course. > > Thanks, > Larry > > ************************************************************ > Larry Z. Daily > Assistant Professor of Psychology > Director, Honors Program > > Department of Psychology > White Hall, Room 213 > Shepherd College > Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443 > > Psychology phone: (304) 876-5297 > Honors phone: (304) 876-5244 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW: http://webpages.shepherd.edu/LDAILY/index.html > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
