The forms and fictions of Victorian art instruction /
The Victorian period gave rise to revelatory new approaches to art instruction. A growing investment in standardised education, the rise of exhibition culture, and an expanding body of literature devoted to the teaching of art all contributed to very public and sometimes contentious debates about ar...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The Victorian period gave rise to revelatory new approaches to art instruction. A growing investment in standardised education, the rise of exhibition culture, and an expanding body of literature devoted to the teaching of art all contributed to very public and sometimes contentious debates about art pedagogy. Surveying a range of instructional scenarios, from the schoolroom to the Royal Academy, this text reveals the creative and even radical methods 19th-century writers brought to questions that inform educational debate to this day. What is the role of art in the learning process? Should art instruction provide students with practical skills, or does art defy such instrumental concerns? Through an interdisciplinary and deeply historical account of art instruction this book contends that 19th-century writers defended the educational value of art by abandoning expository writing in favour of highly experimental literary forms. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198962908 0198962908 9780198962915 0198962916 |