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Página 35 - ... and the one of pleasure, cease to understand, as they have ceased to see, and Nature, who, for once, has sung in tune, sings her exquisite song to the artist alone, her son and her master — her son in that he loves her, her master in that he knows her. To him her secrets are unfolded, to him her lessons have become gradually clear.
Página 17 - And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame ; But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star, Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They Are!
Página 7 - A training that calls for a very direct exercise of the critical powers, developing judgment and skill, is a training that will increase the individual's efficiency whatever his calling may be. The general public has not thought of art education in this way, but has acknowledged the value of " drawing," especially when it can serve some utilitarian purpose. A better understanding of the true usefulness of art recognizes creative power as a divine gift, the natural endowment of every human soul, showing...
Página 35 - He does not confine himself to purposeless copying, without thought, each blade of grass as commended by the inconsequent, but in the long curve of the narrow leaf corrected by the straight tall stem, he learns how grace is wedded to dignity, how strength enhances sweetness that elegance shall be the result.
Página 68 - The outlines suggest work that is not only simple, progressive, and practical, but work that is adapted to the academic course, thus making it possible for the work to be taught in connection with other branches of school studies.
Página 7 - ... more harmony of tone and color in surroundings and things for daily use. It is the individual's right to have full control of these powers. Even from the economic side, that education is deficient which leaves one unable to judge of form and color when he is constantly required to use such judgment. This lack of appreciation is responsible for an immense waste of labor, skill and money in the production of useless and ugly things.
Página 7 - Even from the economic side, that education is deficient which leaves one unable to judge of form and color when he is constantly required to use such judgment. This lack of appreciation is responsible for an immense waste of labor, skill and money in the production of useless and ugly things. Works of fine art stand among the things which the world prizes most highly. A nation's ideals are revealed in its art, and its art has greatest value when it is the expression of the spirit of the whole people.
Página 7 - ... Whipple (ed.), Bloomington, III., Public School Publishing Company, National Society for the Study of Education, Fortieth Yearbook, 1941, p. 445. 'Walter Klar, Leon L. Winslow, and C. Valentine Kirby, Art Education in Principle and Practice, Springfield, Mass., Milton Bradley Company, 1933, p. 27. art recognizes creative power as a divine gift, the natural endowment of every human soul, showing itself at first in the form that we call appreciation."5 It should be noted that even the mature concept...
Página 7 - The True purpose of art teaching is the education of the whole people for appreciation. A training that calls for a very direct exercise of the critical powers, developing judgment and skill, is a training that will increase the individual's efficiency whatever his calling may be. The general public has not thought of art education in this way, but has acknowledged the value of "drawing," especially when it can serve some utilitarian purpose.
Página 7 - It is quite unnecessary to argue the worth of art education with those who have experienced beauty fully. To them it is an important value in life, one by which the refinement of human existence is measured. If a large generosity of spirit be coupled with esthetic appreciation, these persons would gladly give every child some training in the creation and appreciation of the quality of beauty. They believe in art training because they would add to the general enrichment of human life.

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