Abstract

ANDRIOLO, Arley. The comparative method in the origin of the psychology of art. Psicol. USP [online]. 2006, vol.17, n.2, pp. 43-57. ISSN 1678-5177.

The objective of this text is to present the appearance of the comparative method in the European and Brazilian psychological interpretations of the artistic productions. It utilizes the psychiatric discourse at the beginning of the XXth century, noticing how the basic interpretations concerning the psychology of art were permeated by the comparative method. The last one presented the analytic risk of finding in art a manifestation of degeneration.

Keywords : Art (Psychology); Alterity; Degenerate art.

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