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Two Paths to Abstract Art : Kandinsky and Malevich
Galenson, David W. - 2006
Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich were both great Russian painters who became pioneers of abstract art during the second decade of the twentieth century. Yet the forms of their art differed radically, as did their artistic methods and goals. Kandinsky, an experimental artist, approached...
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Innovators : Filmmakers
Galenson, David W. - 2010
followed sharply contrasting life cycles of creativity …
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Wisdom and Creativity in Old Age : Lessons from the Impressionists
Galenson, David W. - 2007
Psychologists have not considered wisdom and creativity to be closely associated. This reflects their failure to … recognize that creativity is not exclusively the result of bold discoveries by young conceptual innovators. Important advances … made significant contributions after the age of 50 with two of their colleagues whose creativity failed to persist past 50 …
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Analyzing Artistic Innovation : The Greatest Breakthroughs of the Twentieth Century
Galenson, David W. - 2006
, identifying the most important short periods of artistic creativity emphasizes the differing methods of conceptual and …, adds an important dimension to our understanding of human creativity …
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As Science Evolves, How Can Science Policy?
Jones, Benjamin - 2010
Getting science policy right is a core objective of government that bears on scientific advance, economic growth, health, and longevity. Yet the process of science is changing. As science advances and knowledge accumulates, ensuing generations of innovators spend longer in training and become...
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Late Bloomers in the Arts and Sciences : Answers and Questions
Galenson, David - 2010
work later in their lives. This contradicts a persistent but mistaken belief that artistic creativity has been dominated by …
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The Greatest Architects of the Twentieth Century : Goals, Methods, and Life Cycles
Galenson, David - 2008
A survey of textbooks reveals that Le Corbusier was the greatest architect of the twentieth century, followed by Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The same evidence shows that the greatest architects alive today are Frank Gehry and Renzo Piano. Scholars have long been aware of the...
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Age and Great Invention
Jones, Benjamin F. - 2005
knowledge-based careers are consistent with a knowledge-based theory, where the accumulation of knowledge across generations …
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Very Young or Very Old Innovator : Creativity at the Extremes of the Life Cycle
Galenson, David W. - 2004
a major innovation made by a very young artist, and another made by an old one, with the goal of understanding the role … of the artist's age and experience in the accomplishment. The analysis shows why youth was necessary for the innovations … artistic disciplines, and the value of the analysis in explaining the very different relationships between age and creativity …
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Education and the Age Profile of Literacy into Adulthood
Cascio, Elizabeth - 2008
It is widely documented that U.S. students score below their OECD counterparts on international achievement tests, but it is less commonly known that ultimately, U.S. native adults catch up. In this paper, we explore institutional explanations for differences in the evolution of literacy over...
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