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Mind-Building Sculpture and Cognitive Engagement

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  • Ozokeraha, Akpowowo Bensandy Department of Fine Art and Industrial Design, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Southern Delta University, Ozoro, Delta State, Nigeria

    bensandyao@gmail.com

Abstract

This paper examines the idea of mind-building sculpture, that is a specialty of sculpture that is beyond aesthetics and utility to explore the intellectual, emotional and psychological topographies of the viewer. It discusses how the modern and classical sculptors incorporate a cognitive framework into the sculptural form, material and spatial engagement and sculpture turns out to become a generator of reflection, knowledge and self-transformation. The study relies on art history, phenomenology, and neuroscience to note the great potential of sculpture in shaping physical territory, as well as the human mind.

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Aesthetics Beliefs Classical Cognitive Contemporary Emotions Intellectual Introspections Mind Mind-Building Neuroscience Perceptions Psychological

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Journal

Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Science

Volume (Issue)

2(2), (2025)

Pages

181-185

Published

15-07-2025

How to Cite

Ozokeraha, A. B. (2025). Mind-Building Sculpture and Cognitive Engagement. Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Science, 2(2), 181-185. https://doi.org/10.69739/jahss.v2i2.692

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