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Method Meets Artby Patricia Leavy
Guilford Press 2008; US$ 40.00This book presents the first comprehensive introduction to arts-based research (ABR) practices, which scholars in multiple disciplines are fruitfully using to reveal information and represent experiences that traditional methods cannot capture. Each of the six major ABR genres--narrative inquiry, poetry, music, performance, dance, and visual art--is covered in chapters that introduce key concepts and tools and present an exemplary research article by a leading ABR practitioner. Patricia Leavy discusses the kinds of research questions these innovative approaches can address and offers practical guidance for applying them in all phases of a research project, from design and data collection to analysis, interpretation, representation, and evaluation.... more...
Albrecht Durerby Jane Campbell Hutchison
Garland Science 2001; US$ 125.00Albrecht Durer is still acknowledged to be one of the world's most renowned artists. This book is a resource of significant value - a comprehensive guide to research on his work, his historical import and his aesthetic legacy. more...
Monet and the Impressionists for Kidsby Carol Sabbeth
Chicago Review Press 2005; US$ 11.95A lifelong love of art is one of the greatest gifts an adult can bestow on a childand no period of art is better loved or more available to children than Impressionism. Monet and the Impressionists for Kids invites children to delight in Cassatt’s mothers and children, Renoir’s dancing couples, and Gaugin’s island scenes; 21 activities explore Monet’s quick shimmering brush strokes, Cezanne’s brilliant rectangles of color, Seurat’s pointillism, and Degas’s sculpture-like circles of dancers. Kids will learn how the artists’ friendships sustained them through repeated rejection by the Parisian art world, and how they lived, painted, and thrilled to the vibrant life of Paris at the approach... more...
Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Visual Artsby Pamela J. Eyerdam
Greenwood Publishing Group 2006; US$ 52.00Introductory chapters explore the history of art education and critical-thinking skills along with practical suggestions for utilizing the Internet in art research. The majority of the book, however, provides exhaustive lists of Web sites that feature works of art, biographies of artists, background information, critical reviews, scholarly treatment of art topics, and museums. Arranged chronologically, with an emphasis on Western art, each chapter provides briefly annotated Web addresses complete with date of access, a summary of the sites, and discussion questions and activities. A list of frequently used general resources is especially helpful and includes art-education programs and associations. Although it is inevitable that some sites... more...
The Problem of Assessment in Art and Designby Trevor Rayment
Intellect 2007; US$ 10.00With its inevitable dependency on the essential, and often contested, nature of art, the subject of assessment or evaluation in art and design education remains a matter of continuing controversy. This collection of essays examines the principal issues as they relate to the main phases of formal education, from primary to post-compulsory. more...
Assessing Expressive Learningby Charles M. Dorn; Stanley S. Madeja; F. Robert Sabol
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2003; US$ 39.95Assessing Expressive Learning is the only book in the art education field to date to propose and support a research-supported teacher-directed authentic assessment model for evaluating K-12 studio art, and to offer practical information on how to i more...
Telling Piecesby Peggy Albers; Sharon Murphy
Taylor & Francis 1999; US$ 39.95Telling Pieces is an exploration of how pre-adolescent middle-school children develop a knowledge and understanding of the conventions of art (art as literacy) and how they use this knowledge to create representations of their lives in a small midw more...
Understanding Art Educationby Nicholas Addison; Lesley Burgess; John Steers; Jane Trowell
Taylor & Francis 2009; US$ 42.95A practical guide that puts art and design into perspective and shows teachers and student-teachers how to make the subject accessible and interesting to their pupils. more...
Italian Renaissance Frames at the V&Aby Christine Powell; Zoe Allen
Taylor & Francis 2009; US$ 79.95This visually stunning and technically detailed book is an in-depth analysis of the materials and techniques used on thirty eight of the V&A's Renaissance frames. The book will teach the reader to recognise frame style, structure and surface decoration of the period, as well as additions and alterations and later frames in the style. * First detailed technical analysis of the V&A's most important Renaissance frames * Highly illustrated with 100 + colour photos of front back and details, digital reconstructions, section profiles, and illustrations of frame types, joints and mouldings. * Provides a comparative reference for Renaissance frames in other publications Christine Powell has worked at the V&A since 1993.... more...
Salvador Dali and the Surrealistsby Michael Elsohn Ross
Chicago Review Press 2003; US$ 11.95The bizarre and often humorous creations of René Magritte, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, and other surrealists are showcased in this activity guide for young artists. Foremost among the surrealists, Salvador Dalí was a painter, filmmaker, designer, performance artist, and eccentric self-promoter. His famous icons, including the melting watches, double images, and everyday objects set in odd contexts, helped to define the way people view reality and encourage children to view the world in new ways. Dalí’s controversial life is explored while children trace the roots of some familiar modern images. These wild and wonderful activities include making Man Rayinspired solar prints, filming a Dali-esque dreamscape... more...









