DUSK OF THE SPIRIT DAWN OF THE SOUL *** Art History – Class 10 Baroque to Impressionism An education in Art History is an ‘Aesthetics Education’ – in the best Schiller tradition. Or the ‘picture’ aspect of aesthetics at least. This is particularly so with 16-year-olds, who are in this year of seven, from 14 […]
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Birth of Venus: 10th Grade Commercial Art
I Want to be a Graphic Artist! Commercial Art – Class 10 Art Teacher knew that this 3-week afternoon block unit would be more difficult than most. It was Graphic Arts, and prior to her becoming a high school teacher, she had been the studio manager of a large city commercial art studio. There’s […]
Birth of Venus: 10th Grade Portrait Sculpture
Pictorializing Personalities Portrait Sculpture – Class 10 Art Teacher sat in her airy studio at home staring at a series of sculptural heads, ranging in period from Ancient Egypt to the present. The personalities of the long-dead people portrayed spoke to her via the hands of their also long-dead artist, who crafted their various […]