A rare synthesis of the theory and empirical work shaping the field, this book will become a major foundation for the emerging discipline.

This book presents the most comprehensive introduction to the life and ideas of Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) yet written.

This work, written more than forty years ago and now translated into English for the first time, approaches the study of art from a psychological basis. However, Vygotsky's view is free of the old subjective-empirical outlook.