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ERIC Number: EJ267669
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Sep
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Reference Count: 0
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'Why Didn't He Just Paint it Right?' or Teaching Children About Abstraction.
Johnston, Marilyn; Arnow, Mike
Art Education, v35 n5 p36-39 Sep 1982
Discusses how elementary school children perceive abstract art and describes activities used to increase their appreciation of abstract art. Students draw dinosaurs and discuss the variations in their drawings. Two movement activities which reinforce concepts about abstraction are described. (AM)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Art Activities, Art Education, Elementary Education, Movement Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Abstract Art