Design Synetics

Design Synetics
Author: Nicholas Roukes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 223
Release: 1988-01
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9780871921987

Discusses the creative process in art and design, looks at the concepts of signs, symbols and metaphors, and shares works of art that offer fresh ideas

Mind in Art

Mind in Art
Author: Charles M. Dorn
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 309
Release: 1999-02
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1135675171

Art educ. text presents philosophical & psych. theories dealing w/ art cog., vision, & perception; discusses how these theories are evidenced in both mature artists and K-12 students; examines how they may be used to shape school art learning environment

Visual and Performing Arts Framework for California Public Schools

Visual and Performing Arts Framework for California Public Schools
Author: Ralph Grabowski
Publisher:
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2000-08
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780788189364

Examines the value & essential ideas in arts education & presents the elements of a comprehensive arts program for students in K-12 -- from planning, delivery, assessment, & community resources to technology in the service of the arts. Programs for dance, music, theater, & visual arts are detailed with discussion on the components of education in each of the disciplines as well as curriculum; assessment; technology; special needs students; teacher preparation & professional development; resources, materials & equipment; & goals. Glossary of terms. Examples of careers in the visual & performing arts. Photos, references & resources.

Motel of the Mysteries

Motel of the Mysteries
Author: David Macaulay
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 97
Release: 1979-10-11
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0547770723

It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Imagine, then, the excitement that Howard Carson, an amateur archeologist at best, experienced when in crossing the perimeter of an abandoned excavation site he felt the ground give way beneath him and found himself at the bottom of a shaft, which, judging from the DO NOT DISTURB sign hanging from an archaic doorknob, was clearly the entrance to a still-sealed burial chamber. Carson's incredible discoveries, including the remains of two bodies, one of then on a ceremonial bed facing an altar that appeared to be a means of communicating with the Gods and the other lying in a porcelain sarcophagus in the Inner Chamber, permitted him to piece together the whole fabric of that extraordinary civilization.

Creativity in the Classroom

Creativity in the Classroom
Author: Alane Jordan Starko
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 586
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136294023

Creativity in the Classroom, Fifth Edition, helps teachers apply up-to-date research on creativity to their everyday classroom practice. Early chapters explore theories of creativity and talent development, while later chapters focus on practice, providing plentiful real-world applications— from strategies designed to teach creative thinking to guidelines for teaching core content in ways that support student creativity. Attention is also given to classroom organization, motivation, and assessment. New to this edition: • Common Core State Standards—Updated coverage includes guidelines for teaching for creativity within a culture of educational standards. • Technology—Each chapter now includes tips for teaching with technology in ways that support creativity. • Assessment—A new, full chapter on assessment provides strategies for assessing creativity and ideas for classroom assessment that support creativity. • Creativity in the Classroom Models—New graphics highlight the relationships among creativity, learning for understanding, and motivation. The 5th edition of this well-loved text continues in the tradition of its predecessors, providing both theoretical and practical material that will be useful to teachers for years to come.

Humor in Art

Humor in Art
Author: Nicholas Roukes
Publisher: Davis
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1997
Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
ISBN:

Humor is a far more powerful spark to creativity than is generally realized. For the first time, a collection of hundreds of great works that employ humor proves the point. Portraits of the powerful subtly poke fun at their subjects' pomposity; passionate drawings use satire to skewer a political point of view; whimsical fantasy creates a world where anything is possible; exaggerations needle people who take their attitudes too seriously.

Thinking in Art

Thinking in Art
Author: Charles M. Dorn
Publisher: National Art Education Association (NAEA)
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1994
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This volume examines the way individuals think about objects and events in the world. These thoughts specify a priori assumptions that indicate what will be considered beautiful, valuable, and good. Decisions made about these matters determine what actions will be taken in regard to them. The continuous change that historically characterizes art educational practices is driven by shifts in ways of thinking (beliefs). Curricular goals for art education must be consistent with ways of thinking. The text is organized into five chapters. Chapter 1 provides a brief review of 18th and 19th philosophical thought and the concepts of relations between objects and events. Chapter 2 explores these concepts as interpreted by 20th century aestheticians, art historians, critics and artists specifically as they concern thinking about and making art. Chapter 3 examines paradigms for artistic conception. Chapter 4 identifies how these paradigms now function in the art curricula of schools and chapter 5 how the paradigms relate to curriculum practice. (MM)