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ERIC Number: EJ403181
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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A Modest Proposal, or Using Ingredients at Hand to Make an Art Curriculum.
Smith, Peter
Art Education, v42 n6 p8-15 Nov 1989
Proposes an art curriculum framework that reduces aesthetics to three theories of art: imitationalist, formalist, and emotionalist. Fits each theory into the curriculum at the appropriate developmental stage of the student. Applies these theories to art criticism, art history, and studio production. (LS)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Criticism, Art Education, Art History, Child Development, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Art Theories