The Relationship of Types of Exploration Activities with Originality of Visual Arts Designs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21345366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marie‐Thérèse van de Kamp (University of Amsterdam, corresponding author), W F Admiraal (0000-0002-1627-3420, Leiden University), Liesje Coertjens (0000-0003-1209-5089, UCLouvain), Maarten Goossens (0000-0001-5572-6552, University of Antwerp), Gert Rijlaarsdam (0000-0002-2633-7336, University of Amsterdam) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 108-124 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Creative Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0175 • E-ISSN: 2162-6057 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jocb.519 |
| OpenAlex | W3197337549 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 34 |
This study examines specific exploration activities in students’ visual arts portfolios from secondary education. Creating original visual arts products requires exploration according to Getzels and Csiksentmihalyi ( The creative vision. A longitudinal study of problem finding in Art . New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1976). Obtaining insight about the contribution of specific exploration activities to the originality of arts products is important for designing and supporting learning in arts education. The aim of this study is to examine the contribution of activities within three types of exploration: association , combination , and abstraction to originality of visual arts designs. Data consist of 196 portfolio events showing exploration activities and art designs, from 11 Grade 11 visual arts students. Portfolio events were coded for three different types of exploration: association , combination , and abstraction , on a dimension of ascending abstractness . We coded activities within each of these types, on a scale of remoteness , to determine the metaphorical distance. Visual originality of each portfolio event was assessed using the comparative judgment method. Multilevel regression analyses showed all three types of exploration significantly contributed to originality of visual designs. In total, 31% of the variance in originality at portfolio events level was explained by these types of exploration. In general, the more remote exploration activities were, the more original the visual design. These findings are discussed related to the literature on creative processes
Abstraction · Art · Cartography · Creativity · Epistemology · Geography · Mathematics education · Originality · Portfolio · Scale (ratio) · The arts · Visual arts · Art Education and Development · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Psychology · Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes
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The associative basis of the creative process.
Associative abilities underlying creativity.
Evaluative and generative modes of thought during the creative process
Contemporary Art
A Procedure for Sample-Free Item Analysis
Constructive perception
The dual pathway to creativity model
Writing from the Broken Middle
The Creative Vision
Social psychology of creativity
Divergent thinking
Enhancing divergent thinking in visual arts education
The effects of psychological distance on abstraction
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |