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ERIC Number: EJ580697
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0039-3541
Effects of Art History Instruction on Fourth and Eighth Grade Students' Abilities to Interpret Artworks Contextually.
Erickson, Mary
Studies in Art Education, v39 n4 p309-20 Sum 1998
Reports the effects of art-history instruction on students' abilities to interpret artwork contextually. Confirms that eighth-grade students are more successful in contextual interpretation; students at both levels can use successfully the historical artist perspective; and art-history instruction at both levels increases students' ability to interpret artwork contextually. (DSK)
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art History, Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 4, Grade 8, Visual Arts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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