Title & Author:

The decorated school : essays on the visual culture of schooling / [edited by] Catherine Burke, Jeremy Howard, Peter Cunningham.

Publication:

London, UK : Black Dog Publishing, [2013]
©2013

Description:

92 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
The "Art at School" Movement in France: Goals, Ideas, Influence (1880-1939) / Annie Renonciat -- Evolution of the Chicago Mural Movement: The Case of Lane Technical High School / Sylvia Rhor -- Iconic Sculpture in the Japanese Decorated School: Citizenship, War And Peace / Yoko Yamasaki -- Wellington Monuments: Hubert Wellington, William McKechnie and Decorated Schools in 1930s Edinburgh / Jeremy Howard -- Art Between Architecture and Curriculum: Primary Education and Social Reconstruction in Post-War Britain / Peter Cunningham -- London County Council's "Patronage of the Arts Scheme" (1957-1965): "Suitable" Art For Schools? / Dawn Pereira -- Abstraction and the Modern School: Case Studies from New York City / Michele Cohen -- Danish Vitality: Asger Jorn's Decorations for Åarhus Statsgymnasium / Shona Kallestrup -- From Frunze To Oz: Impressions of Soviet and Post-Soviet Decoration at School 6, Bishkek / Julia Lysogorova -- Visual Politics, Children's Art and the Child in Art: School and Public Murals in Belfast / Emma Duff.

Summary:

"The Decorated School: Essays on the Visual Culture of Schooling discusses the relationships between architects, artists, educators and school users. It reclaims mural painting, sculpture and other forms of art in school buildings as an international phenomenon, as a pedagogic tool, and as a realm of significant yet liminal public art. Questions of ideology and aesthetics, child development and taste, come to the fore as the authors take us through an impressive range of emotive and colourful works. Bridging disciplines and approaches the authors reveal that 'decorated' goes beyond surface to fabric, design and education. The inclusion of artworks within learning environments for didactic and aesthetic aims has a long history which challenges conventional notions of 'decorative'. Studies in this book focus on the modern era and public schooling. They trace developments from the early days of mass education at the end of the nineteenth century to the present, and in so doing they offer an unprecedented review of major art and education movements. Subjects include: the 'Art at School' movement in France; sculpture in Japanese schools, the Chicago mural movement; the Edinburgh 'Schools Beautiful' programme; the art-curriculum relationships of post-war British primary schools; London County Council's educational commissions; Asger Jorn's Decorations for Arhus Statsgymnasium; abstraction and modern schooling in New York; Soviet and Post-Soviet school decoration in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; and children's art projects in Belfast. This beautifully illustrated book is an outcome of a two-year international research network project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and led by Catherine Burke and Jeremy Howard"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781908966247 (paperback)
1908966246 (paperback)

Subject:

School decoration.
Art in education.
Art appreciation Study and teaching.
Educational psychology.
Écoles Décoration.
Art en éducation.
Art Appréciation Étude et enseignement.
Psychopédagogie.
Education.

Added entries:

Burke, Catherine, 1957- editor.
Howard, Jeremy, editor.
Cunningham, Peter, 1948- editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285952
Call No.: BIB 225967
Status: Available