The arts and the cultural development of the human being

O artigo situa historicamente a produção e a publicação do estudo vigotskiano sobre a psicologia das artes. Identifica nele as origens do pensamento psicológico de L.S. Vygotsky sobre o qual se estrutura a elaboração da teoria histórico-cultural do funcionamento mental superior. Expõe a teoria da reação estética e o conceito de catarsis vigotskianos.This paper presents the historical and social context in which Vygotsky wrote his "Psychology of Art". It's recognized in such work the origins of vigotskian thought over which the Cultural-Historical Theory of high mental functions has been constructed. It exposes his `Esthetic Reaction Theory and Catarsis' concept