Developing Visual Arts Education in the United States Massachusetts Normal Art School and the Normalization of Creativity
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan
2016, 2016
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2016 |
| Series: | The Arts in Higher Education
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Learning to Draw in Antebellum Massachusetts
- 2 Relating to Free Instruction in Drawing
- 3 Thoroughly Sound and Searching Training
- 4 Pioneers Putting Their Hands to the Plow
- 5 This Great Industrial Battle
- 6 A Great Art-Awakening
- 7 Social Efficiency, Beauty, and the World’s Work
- 8 Alma Mater Par Excellence