OR2,500 years of Art Education
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AE 610 Survey of Art Education
The Greeks-Living the Good Life
Sophists
Plato Aristotle
Behavior Mind Science
Natural DesiresWillReason
Academy-School for Philosophers
Ideal form/ Imitation (therefore music most supreme art
Scientific MethodBiology
Order out of chaosClassificationArtists were those skilled in imitation
Nomos/ Order (math, music, architecturePhysis/ Nature
Travelled around Greece teaching rhetoric/ persuasion
Abandoned science in favor of winning arguments
No absolute truthReliance on individual
The Romans- Expanding Empire
Cicero De Oratore
Plotinus Neoplatonic
Beauty Emperor Honorius
Left Rome
Behavior Mind Science
Oratory/ Skilled speaking
Question/ Wide CultureArt not merely imitation, but also revelation
Artists represent platonic solids through materials
Took over western Roman Empire after father’s death
Left ruling duties to advisors
Behavior Mind Science
Teaching Art in the Renaissance
Humanist
Neoplatonic
Arts similar to literature and history and therefore important
Printed texts verses lecture
Aesthetics valued
Artist valued as uniquely endowed individual
Allegorical / focus on love and beauty = influence on arts
Absolutism/ French Academy
Absolutism
French Academy
Behavior Mind Science
No exceptions for laws of universe
Power and prestige of state
Architecture, geometry, perspective, arithmetic, anatomy, astronomy, and history.
Art is a powerful influence of hearts and minds
Rotating instructors
Enlightenment
Enlightenment
Behavior Mind Science
Improved technology, Newton’s PrincipiaPeople should follow rules of nature instead of society
Adam Smith- natural divisions of labor/ free market
Belief in progressLaissez-faire economicsDemocratic ethicIndividuals able to secure own happiness
Colonial America
Colonial America
Behavior Mind Science
Schools founded not for political reasons (like French academy) but for economic/ manufacturing reasons
Boston Latin School- Classical educationLaw-every child must be taught to read/ understand languages in order to study scriptures
Franklin criticized Latin School and proposed academy in Philadelphia to teach practical subjects such as English, modern languages, arithmetic, navigation, and drawing.
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