Visual Thinking

Rudolf Arnheim

One

Early Stirrings
Perception torn from thinking
Page 1

Two

The Intelligence of Perception (i)
Perception as cognition.
Page 13

Three

The Intelligence of Perception (ii)
Subtracting the context.
Page 37

Four

Two and Two Together
Relations depend on structure.
Page 54

Five

The Past in the Present
Forces acting on memory.
Page 80

Six

The Images of Thought
What are mental images like?
Page 97

Seven

Concepts Take Shape
Abstract gestures.
Page 116

Eight

Pictures, Symbols, and Signs
The functions of images.
Page 135

Nine

What Abstraction Is Not
A harmful dichotomy.
Page 153

Ten

What Abstraction Is
Types and containers.
Page 153

Eleven

With Feet on the Ground
Abstraction as withdrawl.
Page 188

Twelve

Thinking With Pure Shapes
Numbers reflect life.
Page 208

Thirteen

Words in Their Place
Can one think in words?
Page 226

Fourteen

Art and Thought
Thinking in children's drawings.
Page 254

Fifteen

Models for Theory
Cosmological shapes.
Page 274

Sixteen

Vision in Education
What is art for?
Page 294

Notes
Page 317
Bibliography
Page 325
Index
Page 339