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Preface "Art Education for High Schools" is planned upon the basic idea that the teaching of art is vastly more important than the teaching of drawing. It is believed that the study of art can be presented in the light of certain governing principles, which can be developed in such a way as to equip the high school student at the end ' of his four years' course not only with a knowledge of material things in the world about him, seen under various aspects and in various relationships, but with such a knowledge of art principles as will give him a better appreciation of the good work of all ages and a fuller understanding of art in its relation to his own life. This book is not a course of study, but its scope is so broad and so comprehensive that many courses of study may be based upon it. The aim has been to provide in the several chapters a clear and definite presentation of each important division of the subject, and to suggest exercises which, if worked out, will assist the student in his understanding of the topic treated. These problems in themselves form an outline of work that might be taken as a course of study. The exercises given in Chapter VI stand as an illustration of this feature of the book. The marvellous development of art education in public schools that has taken place in the last quarter of a century has manifested itself more particularly in the elementary grades. As a result of this interest there is no lack of literature on this phase of the subject. There are now available various published systems of art education for elementary schools, with textbooks, drawing-books and a large amount of material constituting a full equipment for work. But when we look for similar aids to the further development of this work in high schools, academies and colleges, we find almost nothing of an organized nature. The teacher of art in a secondary school must plan his own course from a confused mass of material found in various places, and must transmit as much as he can of necessary information to the individuals or classes under his instruction. To furnish the same kind of help to high school students and teachers as is now available to the pupils and teachers in elementary schools the present volume has been prepared. That it may fulfill in some measure this purpose, and that it may be of substantial aid in establishing art education as an indispensable factor in the higher education of the American people, is the earnest wish of those who have directed the preparation of this work. TABLE of CONTENTS Acknowledgement Preface Chapter I. Pictorial Representation Chapter II. Perspective Drawing Chapter III. Figure and Animal Drawing Chapter IV. Constructive Drawing Chapter V. Architectural Drawing Chapter VI. Design Chapter VII. Historic Ornament Chapter VIII. Art History Index End of Preview. RETURN to Main Titles Index or Family Affairs - Education
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