Analyzes the position of Theodor Adorno in regards to the surrealist movement, finding that Adorno emphasizes that this vanguard movement should be seen in a broader concept of art within a historically contextualized society administered and directed by the market. Calls for rejection of irrational interpretations. (BT)

Reviews the life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) and examines how his early experiences influenced his art. (BSR)

Describes European Viktor Lowenfeld's version of the visual-haptic theory. Recounts how Lowenfeld modified the theory while serving as a studio art teacher in a black U.S. college from 1939 to 1946. Compares Lowenfeld's European and U.S. transformations of the theory. (BSR)

This paper describes postmodern theory as a paradigm composed of concepts and ideas. It does not describe postmodern theory as if it were developed logically from a simple premise, because it was not, nor can the postmodern paradigm be described in neat, concise terms. The paper presents a review and explication of postmodernism's theoretical…

Describes how Zen and the art of pottery expand into a Great Tradition where the potter dreams his forms in a realm of imagination between sense and mind. Explains how decoration plays a vital role connecting art and our life-world. Outlines how students need a decade to reach this spiritual level. (KM)

Argues that Web has become a major art medium. Investigates ways artists and appreciators of art are using the Web. Discusses the reproduction of art: from hand to mechanical to digital reproduction, focusing on the work of Walter Benjamin. Lists other sites where one can find art on the Web. (SR)

College students in art history courses study African art more frequently than in the past. Textbooks and videos, however, do not reflect the realities of creative expression today in Africa. Rather, African art dwells on the traditional arts of the west and southern regions of Africa. This paper focuses on eastern and southern sub-Saharan Africa…

Provides historical information on the growth of the folk- and outsider-art establishment within the twentieth century United States. Addresses the problems with defining this art form, contradictions between notions of schooling, and the negative impacts of success. Highlights art-world events and discourses that reflect the changing U.S.…

Questions the origin of design history and its relationship to art history. Maintains that design historical knowledge is produced, and it must be acknowledged that there are design histories and not one monolithic body of knowledge. (KM)

Describes origins of the constructed relief and shows some examples of contemporary artists' work. Suggests using this history to motivate students to construct their own reliefs. Outlines a four-step lesson: preliminary drawing, finished drawing, mock-up relief, and finished construction using durable materials, such as wood, acrylic sheet, or…

This paper explores the question of introducing a critical pedagogy of representation into the art classroom, what it means and how it works. A critical pedagogy of representation holds socially transformatoryugoals that work toward a critical democracy. The approach affords opportunity for oppositional readings of texts and images by opening up…

Historical background concerning the nature and function of museums is provided, and the aesthetic functions of museums are discussed. The first major aesthetic function of museums is to preserve the artistic heritage of mankind and to make it widely available. The second major function is patronage. (RM)

In this volume a painter and an art historian explore the production of studio and classroom art in education. Part 1 consists of 6 chapters in which painter, Maurice Brown, discusses the relationship between image makers and language; examines the medium of oil; looks at style, impulse, eclecticism, and color; probes the personal experience of…

The study of Native American rock art should be more fully incorporated into art education and art history curricula, especially at the precollege level. Rock art is a sensitive reflection of the culture from which it sprang, it provides one of the most direct links with ancient lifeways and ideas recorded by early ancestors, and as a form of…

The sociological critique of meaning in art has implications for art education programs. What art educators teach about how to make and respond to art needs to be revised. A socially informed approach to representation is needed, and social values and meanings are necessary to an adequate art criticism. (RM)