The author describes how he impersonated Michelangelo while presenting a Renaissance art unit to his seventh- and eighth-grade class. (SJL)

In considering whether adult art history education should focus on developing expertise or transferable skills, the nature of aesthetic judgment is examined through the teaching of Italian Renaissance art. Concludes that development of visual awareness has wider educational value in its applicability to the assessment and critique of the social…

Traces the history and development of the visual arts of the Islamic world. Discusses the architecture of Islamic culture. Delineates the relationship between technological progress and the flowering of Islamic art. Summarizes briefly the contents of their book, "The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250-1800." (RW)

Presents a discussion of visual poetry in Brazil and 14 examples of visual poetry. Includes 11 selected resources arranged by date and brief biographies of the 14 visual poets. (RS)

Presents a discussion of the history of visual poetry in Cuba and nine examples of visual poetry. (RS)

Presents a discussion of visual poetry in Italy and eight examples of visual poetry. Includes 18 selected resources arranged by date. (RS)

Presents a discussion of visual poetry in Portugal and 18 examples of visual poetry. Includes 24 selected resources and brief biographies of five Portuguese visual poets. (RS)

Presents a discussion of visual poetry in Uruguay and eight examples of visual poetry. Includes 27 selected resources and brief biographies of 9 Uruguayan visual poets. (RS)

Presents a discussion of visual poetry in the United States and 10 examples of visual poetry. Includes 10 selected resources. (RS)

Discusses the early developmental phase of Fluxus. Addresses the evolution of a Fluxus community and the development of a Fluxus performance sensibility. (RS)

Identifies two major groups of pseudoinscriptions: distinguished inscriptions which do not convey text but appear to be real things; and proper pseudoinscriptions which may have clearly delineated individual letters that taken together make no sense. Identifies Venice and the Netherlands as centers of Arabic and Hebrew pseudoinscriptions in the…

Attempts a semiotic experiment to explore the fluctuations of meaning produced by interferences between textual and figurative representation within one picture. Discusses examples such as the portrait with its presentation of the subject and the topographical city plan. Provides an in-depth exploration of Philippe de Champaigne's "Ex-voto of…

Argues that William Blake's illustrations for Thomas Gray's "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat" testify to the contradictions in Gray's poetry. States that Blake's designs offer another language, a contra-diction, that deconstructs Gray's conscious discourse and liberates his unconscious discourse. (RS)

Offers Alain Robbe-Grillet's novel "La Belle Captive" (which employs 77 paintings by the Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte) as playful interchange between word and image. Argues that the novel may be understood to demonstrate a fundamental relationship of inequality between word and image. (RS)

Describes a program to reinforce the art-history curriculum; establish a volunteer habit; and impact students' self-esteem, communication, and leadership skills through service learning. Discusses student training and service as docents at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Texas), and comments on the skills that they acquire through the…