The History of American Art Education: Learning about Art in American Schools

Table of contents

• Recent Titles in Contributions to the Study of Education ii
• Title Page iii
• Copyright Acknowledgments v
• Contents ix
• Acknowledgments xi
• Introduction 1
• Note 10
• 1 - The Beginnings of Education in the Visual Arts in America 11
• Note 23
• 2 - The Dismissal of Walter Smith: Historiographic Explanation, the American Art Scene, and Visual Arts Education in the Late Nineteenth Century 25
• Notes 42
• 3 - Germanic Influences 45
• Notes 57
• 4 - Franz Cizek and the Elusiveness of Historical Knowledge 59
• Notes 78
• 5 - American Attempts to Democratize Art: Picture Study 79
• Notes 90
• 6 - American Women in Visual Arts Education: Outstanding Leaders and the Interaction between Gender Bias and Art's Status 91
• Notes 102
• 7 - A Charismatic American 103
• Notes 121
• 8 - Gender and the History of Visual Arts Education: Survival and Disappearance 123
• Epilogue 135
• Notes 137
• 9 - Of Women and Art Education: Roles of Importance 139
• Notes 149
• 10 - A Colossus of Sorts 151
• 11 - The Post-Lowenfeld Era: Radical Dissent, and Thoughtful Revisionism 177
• Notes 203
• 12 - From Aesthetic Education to Discipline- Based Art Education: Intellectualizations and Confusions 205
• Note 218
• References 219
• Index 239
• About the Author 253

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