Name Colin Martindale Education Harvard University | Books The clockwork muse | |
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Died November 16, 2008, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States | ||
Colin Martindale (March 21, 1943 – November 16, 2008) was a professor of psychology at the University of Maine for 35 years.
Martindale wrote and did research analyzing artistic processes. His most popular work was The Clockwork Muse (1990). Martindale argued that all artistic development over time in written, visual and musical works was the result of a search for novelty.
Martindale was awarded the 1984 American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize for Behavioral Science Research.
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