| Description |
xi, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Art Education : Its Social Context. Systems of Control ; Social Context of the Arts ; Plan of this Book -- Western Origins of Art Education. Art Education in the Classical Era ; Teaching the Arts During the Middle Ages ; Teaching the Visual Arts During the Renaissance ; The Age of Absolutism and the French Academy ; Art Education During the Enlightenment ; Conclusions -- The Visual Arts and the Industrial Revolution. The Origins of Nineteenth-Century Transformations ; Professional Art Instruction ; The Visual Arts in the University ; Conclusions -- The Invention of Common School Art. The Common School Movement in the United States ; European Origins of Common School Pedagogy ; The Beginnings of Public School Drawing Instruction ; Impact of Pestalozzian Drawing in the United States ; The Industrial Drawing Movement ; Conclusions -- The Stream of Romantic Idealism in Art Education. New England Transcendentalism and Education ; Froebel and the Kindergarten Movement ; William Torrey Harris and Idealism ; Ruskin's Influence on Art Education ; Art in the Education of Women in Nineteenth-Century America ; Schoolroom Decoration and Picture Study ; Conclusions -- Social Darwinism and the Quest for Beauty. American Art at the Turn of the Century ; The British Arts-and-Crafts Movement ; Influence of Science on Educational Philosophers ; Educational Movements at the Turn of the Century ; Art Teaching Prior to World War I ; Conclusions -- The Expressionist and Reconstructionist Streams in Art Education. American Art During the Interwar Era ; The Progressive Education Movement ; Teaching Art : The Expressive Stream ; Teaching Art : The Reconstructionist Stream ; Status of Art Teaching in the Schools ; The Bauhaus in Germany ; Visual Arts in Higher Education ; Surveys of the Arts in America ; Conclusions -- Art Education from World War II to the Present. American Art During the Postwar Era ; The Arts in American Higher Education ; Twilight of the Progressive Era ; Teaching Art During and After the War : The Reconstructionist Stream ; Teaching Art During the Postwar Era : The Expressionist Stream ; Impact of the Cold War on Art Education ; Rival Trends in Art Education : 1965-1975 ; Accountability and Qualitative Inquiry as Rival Movements : 1972-1980 ; Excellence and Critical Theory as Rival Movements : The 1980s ; Postwar Innovations in Art Education ; The Status of Art Education ; Conclusions ; Toward a Harmonious Confluence. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-290). |
| Subject |
Art -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History.
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Art -- History -- Study and teaching.
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| Added Title |
Art education.
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| ISBN |
0807729779 paperback alkaline paper |
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0807729787 hardcover alkaline paper |
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