Explores the strengths and opportunities of old age as these are manifested by the accomplishments of aging artists, late artistic works, and elderly arts audiences. This book examines the psychology of creativity, cognitive development, and gerontology, and is helpful for a range of professionals and students in these fields.

This work interrelates the disciplines of science, the humanities, and the arts to form a synthesis that builds on the strengths of the methods of quantification of science; the emphasis on the individual in the humanities; and, the expressive and intuitive modes of communication in the arts. "Aging, Creativity and Art: A Positive Perspective on Late-Life Development" critically examines the psychology of creativity, cognitive development, and gerontology, and will be of interest to a wide range of professionals and students in these fields.

From the Contents:I: The Case is Made: Late-Life Creativity and Old Age Art.- II: Competing Views of Late-Life Creativity.- III: Late-Life Creativity: Historical and Contemporary Artists.- IV: The Old-Age Style.- V: Art and the Elderly.- Index.