The History and Philosophy of Art Education

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James Clarke & Co., 2004 - Art - 400 pages
Dr. Macdonald investigates the continuous developments of art and design education in Italy, France, Britain, Germany, and the United States. The study traces the philosophies of teachers from the age of the guilds and the academies to today, and sets them in the context of the general education theories of their times. Stuart Macdonald clarifies the whole field of art education for research and teaching purposes. He points out that the knowledge of the principles and methods of art education is essential for a true understanding of the art of different periods. He makes clear that art education should be studied within the existing education disciplines of history, philosophy, psychology, and sociology of education. Essentially factual, using many quotations from primary sources not generally available, this book gives a disciplined grounding in a branch of the history of education, and describes the philosophies which continue to govern courses in Art and Design. This finely illustrated book provides avivid review of the history of art teaching.
 

Contents

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13
Guilds Academies Societies and Institutes
17
Academic Principles
41
The Petitioner and the Politicians
60
4₁ The Schools of Design
78
145
113
The Philosophies of Haydon Dyce and Wilson
116
Cole Acquires a Kingdom
129
The Philosophy of the South Kensington Circle
226
America imports Coles System
253
The Swing to Fine Art
263
The Slade and its Concept of Drawing
269
The French Ateliers
284
From Applied Art to Design
291
The Recognition of Child Art
320
295
331

Sociological Art Education for Whom?
143
Schools of the Department of Science and Art
157
7
177
A National System for Public Art Education
188
The Move to South Kensington
201
8
206
Payment on Results in Art Education
207
University and Polytechnic
355
Basic Design and Visual Education
365
Table of Dates
379
The National Course of Instruction for Government
388
Index of Subjects 997
397
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