Mass-Produced Original Paintings, the Psychology of Art, and an Everyday Aesthetics

Martin S. Lindauer is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the State University of New York, College at Brockport, USA, and the author of several books and many articles related to the psychology of art.  He received a Teaching Award from the State University of New York, was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institute of Health, University of Michigan, USA, and a Fulbright Scholar in Berlin.

• Part I. Introduction.- Chapter 1.  What This Book Is About.- Chapter 2.  The Characteristics of Mass-Produced Paintings.- Part II.  Critical Issues.- Chapter 3.  Are Mass-Produced Original Paintings Art?.- Chapter 4. Criticisms of Mass-Produced Original Paintings.- Chapter 5.  In Defense of Mass-Produced Original Paintings.- Part III. The Larger Contexts for Mass-Produced Original Paintings: The Popular Arts and Evolution.- Chapter 6. The Popular Arts.- Chapter 7.  Historical and Contemporary Approaches to the Popular Arts.- Chapter 8. Evolutionary Roots .- Part IV. Studies of Mass-Produced Original Paintings.- Chapter 9.  An Overview of the Studies.- Chapter 10.  The Findings.- Chapter 11.  Explanations.- Part V.  Mass-Produced Original Paintings, the Psychology of Art, and An Everyday Aesthetics.- Chapter 12. The Psychology of Art:  A Research Perspective.- Chapter 13.  Mass-Produced Original Paintings and An Everyday Aesthetics.- Chapter 14.  Conclusions.