Development of Artistically Gifted Children

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The literature on the development of gifted child artists is sparse and very little is known of the developmental antecedents of giftedness in the visual arts. Although children's drawings have received a great deal of attention, the development of artistically gifted children has been a neglected topic due to the paucity of available data, which has led some investigators to argue that there are no child prodigies in this domain. Researchers are faced with many unanswered questions regarding the course of artistic development including: * Is it similar to that seen in ordinary children or does it follow a different developmental trajectory? * What, if any, continuities can we discern over development, and how can we account for discontinuities? * What motivates young children to pursue their art making, and what characterizes the gifted child who pursues an artistic career in adulthood? * What are the socio-cultural conditions that foster artistic development, and how do we define artistic talent or giftedness? Consisting of six case studies, the present collection is a first in that it traces the development of each artist from a very early age on through adulthood. The longitudi

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