The Child as Image-Maker: The Invention of Representational Models and the Effects of the Medium

Abstract

Psychologists, traditionally, have shown a great deal of interest in the young child's drawing of the human figure (Burt, 1921; Eng, 1931; Goodenough, 1926; Harris, 1963; Kroetzsch, 1917; Lukens, 1896; Luquet, 1913; Piaget, 1926; Stern & Stern, 1910; Sully, 1896). Since their concern was mainly with the finished product, it was relatively easy to compile collections of children's drawings according to age and to analyze these data in terms of the number of depicted parts, their degree of organization, and the resemblance of the drawing to reality. Fairly soon it became apparent that the type of drawing and the child's age were somehow related; a lawful progression could be observed from the primitive distorted figures of the younger children to the detailed and well

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