Tag: Ellen Winner

  • Arts & Culture

    Something darker than awe

    Professor Ellen Winner looks at what may be happening in the minds of viewers who are taking in Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s wrapped Arc de Triomphe.

    France Arc de Triomphe.
  • Arts & Culture

    The aesthetic attitude to art

    Senior researcher at Project Zero and Boston College Professor of Psychology Ellen Winner’s latest book, “How Art Works: A Psychological Exploration,” is based on years of research both at Harvard and BC, and looks at art through psychological and philosophical lenses.

    Ellen Winner.
  • Campus & Community

    Howard Gardner: ‘A Blessing of Influences’

    One of an occasional story in which Harvard faculty members recount their early influences, Howard Gardner recalls the mentors who helped to shape his early academic career.