Developing Visual Arts Education in the United States - Massachusetts Normal Art School and the Normalization of Creativity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book examines how Massachusetts Normal Art School became the alma mater par excellence for generations of art educators, designers, and artists. The founding myth of American art education is the story of Walter Smith, the school's first principal. This historical case study argues that Smith's students formed the professional network to disperse art education across the United States, establishing college art departments and supervising school art for industrial cities. As administrative progressives they created institutions and set norms for the growing field of art education. Nineteenth-century artists argued that anyone could learn to draw; by the 1920s, every child was an artist whose creativity waited to be awakened. Arguments for systematic art instruction under careful direction gave way to charismatic artist-teachers who sought to release artistic spirits. The task for art education had been redefined in terms of living the good life within a consumer culture of work and leisure.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Arts in Higher Education
Release date:	June 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Mary Ann Stankiewicz
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	263
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-54448-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General
LSN:	1-137-54448-1
Barcode:	9781137544483

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