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ERIC Number: EJ433743
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0004-3125
The National Gallery of Art Laserdisk and Accompanying Database: A Means to Enhance Art Instruction.
Marschalek, Douglas
Art Education, v44 n3 p48-53 May 1991
Describes a computer system in which art reproductions are described and entered into a database containing 27 categories of information. Named the Visual Art Index System (VIAS), its underlying structure is influenced by contemporary models of aesthetics and art criticism. Maintains that the database and laserdisk can effect teaching methodology, and art learning and enhance curriculum development. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Criticism, Art Education, Art History, Artists, Curriculum Development, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Fine Arts, Teaching Methods, Videodisks
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Aesthetics; Database Development; Visual Art Index System (VAIS)