Clarifies the concept of aesthetic experience in terms of the stages required to actualize the phenomenon and the behaviors in which it is manifest. Examines and categorizes various conceptions of aesthetic experience that have influenced the area of aesthetics in the past 10 years. (DMM)

It is argued that, like scientific and moral statements, art statements shape the world we know. This thesis indicates the need for art encounters and developmental teaching techniques, since the knowledge of art statements can only be apprehended through engagement in art and from discussing art and its qualities. (Author/SJL)

The current cultural situation calls for reestablishing art education's fundamental purpose: cultivation of percipience in matters of art and culture. This article characterizes the learner image that should influence curriculum design and evaluation, describes the nature of art and its contribution to human fulfillment, sketches five phases of…

This article briefly describes the Aesthetic Eye Project, a federally funded inservice program of the Los Angeles County Schools. It also explains the concept of aesthetic perception developed by the project and discusses how this concept can be applied to unified arts teaching and the teaching of basic skills. (SJL)

Outlines four exercises for high school students to demonstrate how people perceive color differently because of changing light conditions, varying viewpoints, and the viewer's preconceived notions of color. Maintains that an artist can use color perception to control a viewer's mood. (KM)

Through the use of black and white photographs and drawings interspersed with narrative, this text attempts to foster awareness and appreciation of art in the life of the Lakota Indians. The concepts of space and mass are illustrated. The result of combining masses and spaces into various forms of sculpture (bas relief, monolithic, mobile,…

Works of visual art contain an inner dynamism and energy that an individual's perceptual apparatus can translate into kinesthetic impressions, movement, and sound. Through this translation, a child's natural energies can interact with the artwork through multiple sensory experiences, enriching art appreciation. After a brief examination of the…

Devoted to the visual arts, this volume of the Washington Small Schools Curriculum for grades K-3 utilizes the format of presenting learning objectives with recommended grade placement levels and suggesting activities, monitoring procedures and resources used in teaching the objectives. Chapter 1, Color, presents painter's terms, growth…