Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ583279
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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Abstract Imagery in Art Therapy: What Does It Mean?
Hanes, Michael J.
Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, v15 n3 p185-90 1998
Explores some of the factors involving abstract imagery in the work of art-therapy patients and presents examples of abstract imagery produced by patients in an acute-patient psychiatric hospital. Examples illustrate that abstract imagery can serve not only a defensive purpose, but a progressive function as well. (Author/MKA)
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Case Studies, Imagery, Mental Disorders, Motivation, Patients, Psychiatric Hospitals
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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