Both Worlds at Once by Amir CohenShalev

University Press of America
Both Worlds at Once by Amir CohenShalev
Both Worlds at Once by Amir CohenShalev
Product Specifications
  • Title: Both Worlds at Once by Amir CohenShalev
  • Author: Amir CohenShalev
  • Publisher: University Press of America
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Art treatments & subjects
  • No. of pages: 176
  • Dimensions (approx. mm): 220 x 146 x 16

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Both Worlds at Once is a study of works of art conceived and produced late in their creators' careers. It pronounces an alternative to the mainstream life span creativity research which has in general adopted a decline perspective to the fruits of old age. Amir Cohen-Shalev argues that this age-decrement approach misses what the artists themselves tried to do in old age which is often to develop a new form that allows them to thrive on ambivalence. Against the bleak predictions of developmental psychology and folk wisdom this book focuses on old age as a unique stage of creative activity.