Landscapes of Aesthetic Education

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Title: Landscapes of Aesthetic Education
Description: This book brings together two experienced educators from the fields of teacher education and arts education. The authors Richmond, a photographer, and Snowber, a dancer and poet, see aesthetic education as aiming to extend creativity, appreciation of the arts and nature, and the sensuous qualities of everyday life, to gain a more intimate understanding of the self and the world. They include poetic, narrative, philosophical, and artistic ways of writing to support a more embodied and holistic aesthetics. Landscapes of Aesthetic Education has significance for educators, scholars, students, and artists, and for all who would like to explore the connections between the arts, aesthetics, and transformation.
Authors: Stuart Richmond, Author, Celeste Snowber, Author
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Aesthetics--Study and teaching--Philosophy, Arts--Study and teaching--Philosophy
Categories: EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Arts & Humanities, ART / Study & Teaching, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Abstract:This book brings together two experienced educators from the fields of teacher education and arts education. The authors Richmond, a photographer, and Snowber, a dancer and poet, see aesthetic education as aiming to extend creativity, appreciation of the arts and nature, and the sensuous qualities of everyday life, to gain a more intimate understanding of the self and the world. They include poetic, narrative, philosophical, and artistic ways of writing to support a more embodied and holistic aesthetics. Landscapes of Aesthetic Education has significance for educators, scholars, students, and artists, and for all who would like to explore the connections between the arts, aesthetics, and transformation.
ISBN:9781443813969
9781527554894