| Description |
xv, 160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Art education in practice series |
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Art education in practice series.
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| Contents |
ch. 1. Big ideas and artmaking -- Developing big ideas -- From big ideas to artmaking -- Jennifer Bartlett : use of a big idea -- A unit of study -- Same big ideas : different subject matter -- Instructional consequences of misreading an artist's big ideas : teaching Goldsworthy -- ch. 2. Personal connections -- Personalizing big ideas -- Donald Lipski : a fascination with objects -- Sandy Skoglund : exploring personal history -- Andy Goldsworthy : connecting with nature -- Fred Wilson : questioning museum practices -- ch. 3. Building a knowledge base for artmaking -- Artists and research -- Building a knowledge base in the artroom -- Robert Motherwell : an extensive knowledge base -- ch. 4. Problem solving -- Artmaking problems -- Artmaking problems as tools for probing big ideas -- Artmaking problems from professional artists -- ch. 5. Setting boundaries -- Setting boundaries for classroom artmaking -- Sean Scully : difficult relationships -- From Scully to a high school artroom -- From Scully to a middle school artroom -- George Segal : boundaries in representational artworks -- From Segal to artroom installations -- ch. 6. Designing studio instruction -- A unit format -- Guidelines for teachers : conducting unit research -- A model artmaking unit on changed meanings -- ch. 7. Ways of working : artist's practices -- A preview of three artists' practices -- Skoglund's artmaking practices -- Artmaking practices à la Skoglund -- Oldenburg's artmaking practices -- Similarities in Oldenburg's and Skoglund's artmaking practices -- Haring's artmaking practices -- Seeking meaning -- Cultivating an attitude of play |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Art -- Study and teaching.
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| LC no. |
2001088506 |
| ISBN |
0871925834 |
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