What help can an internationallly known artist be to children who have no commitment to art? The author reports on a particularly intensive day's work for secondary pupils in Kingston-on-Thames. (Editor)

Uncertainty about attributions of works of art and shifts in opinion leading to reattributions are intensifying the study of connoisseurship, the process by which an art historian or curator seeks to determine who made a work of art. (MSE)

Discusses works of Joan Miro, Angel Medina, Felix Adelantado, Meki Megara, Ramon Calderon, and Luis Hernandez Cruz. The Last portion examines a show by painters and sculptors whose common subject is the bull. (SK)

High school art teacher describes a technique for making crazes with oil paints and water on masonite. (GB)

Art teacher gives a model unit on the Fauves including exercises as well as background information. (GB)

Mead Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia, displays private art collection at two elementary schools in Palo Alto, California, to provide children with an exposure to high quality painting. (DS)

THE ABILITY OF COLLEGE STUDENTS TO RECOGNIZE DEGREES OF ESTHETIC MERIT IN OBJECTS OF ART WAS STUDIED. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DETERMINE BY EXPERIMENTATION SOME OF THE FACTORS WHICH MAY BE IMPORTANT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ESTHETIC JUDGMENT. A SAMPLE OF MALE COLLEGE STUDENTS WAS GIVEN SEVERAL TESTS OF ESTHETIC JUDGMENT. FROM THESE SUBJECTS WERE CHOSEN…

A humanities course that teaches an appreciation of tradition and culture through the visual arts includes consideration of contemporary art as well as classic paintings and sculpture. Study of Leonardo DaVinci's "Last Supper" provides an exercise in the intellectual approach to religious painting, while the portrait of Mona Lisa by the same…

Discusses the continuing emphasis on cool realism and its relationship to the field of modern art. (GB)

Author describes a successful venture of a school art gallery and the relationship of painting to sculpture. (GB)

Describes an art program staffed by volunteers and utilizing materials costing an average of less than $50.00 per school. It attempts to supplement the teaching of art in the elementary grades by introducing youngsters to fine art and encouraging their enjoyment and appreciation of it. (Author/RK)

A sequential framework of study, that can be individually and creatively expanded, is provided for the purpose of developing in children understanding of and enjoyment in art. The guide indicates routes of approach to certain kinds of major art, provides historical and biographical information, clarifies certain fundamentals of art, offers some…

Nicolas Poussin's painting, "The Holy Family," is used to help secondary students comprehend the power, mystery, and significance of classical 17th century Western painting. Includes suggestions for classroom activities. (BR)

Offers a full-color reproduction of Edward Hicks' painting, "Peaceable Kingdom of the Branch," and a lesson plan for using it with children in grades K through 3. (JDH)