Why We Make Art

And Why it is Taught

Richard Hickman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

195 Seiten

2010 | Second Edition
Intellect Books (Verlag)
978-1-84150-378-3 (ISBN)

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In this thorough and accessible text, Richard Hickman rejects the current vogue for social and cultural accounts of the nature of art-making in favour of a largely psychological approach aimed at addressing contemporary developmental issues in art education. This second edition will be an important resource for anyone interested in arts education.

Governments around the world spend millions on art and cultural institutions, evidence of a basic human need for what the author refers to as 'creating aesthetic significance'. Yet what function or purpose does art satisfy in today’s society? In this thorough and accessible text, Richard Hickman rejects the current vogue for social and cultural accounts of the nature of art-making in favour of a largely psychological approach aimed at addressing contemporary developmental issues in art education. Bringing to bear current ideas about evolutionary psychology, this second edition will be an important resource for anyone interested in arts education.

Richard Hickman is a reader at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education. His previous publications include Research in Art and Design Education and Critical Studies in Art and Design Education.

Acknowledgements
Preface
Foreword by Antony Gormley
Section One Art and art education
Section Two Conversations and reflections – some ‘mini case-studies’
Section Three Issues in art and learning
Section Four Concluding chapter
Concluding remarks
Notes and references for Section Four
Bibliography
Subject Index
Name Index
Appendixes

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.10.2010
Vorwort	Antony Gormley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 229 mm
Gewicht	340 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
ISBN-10	1-84150-378-9 / 1841503789
ISBN-13	978-1-84150-378-3 / 9781841503783
Zustand	Neuware