Excerpt from Studies in the Psychology of Art, Vol. 2Two years ago the University of Iowa Studies in Psychology included an integrated volume of psychological investigations envisaging the field of plastic and graphic arts. The present volume gives continuity to the progressive researches in that division of research.The test of any new endeavor in psychology is its productivity on a high qualitative plane, Certainly by this criterion Professor Norman C. Meier, who has directed all of these studies, deserves a great measure of credit. By instilling enthusiasm in his gradu ate students, by planning and articulating the relatively inde pendent investigations in a program of research extended over the years, and by circumspectly regarding the major problems from a scientific angle in a territory that is full of romanticism and humanistic evaluations, he has established his reputation as a critical psychologist who is also sympathetically versed in the plastic and graphic arts. It is a difficult task to apply qualitative distinctions and quantitative scores to a region that naturally resists the refinements of' science. The reader will therefore notice that the attitude of these published researches is not to wipe away aesthetic appreciation and artistic creation, but to under stand them better from the scientific angle and to learn their intricacies within the limits of scientific possibility.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.