The Principles Art Education A Philosophical Aesthetical And Psychological Discussion

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1905. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... PART TWO -- Jesthetical IHILOSOPHY shows us the general principle of art; aesthetics develops the consequences of that principle for the different spheres of beauty. Philosophy says that it is a function of art to make us understand the world we live in in its true reality by impressing us with the facts of the world as they are in themselves, holding our mind to the one experience by isolating it from the remainder of the universe. - DEGREESEsthetics must show us how this demand for isolation can be fulfilled, what rules have to be obeyed, what methods of rendering are available, what transformations become necessary to succeed in such a complete separation so that our mind can be given over to the one bit of experience without wandering to anything else. Yes, transformations are necessary; the object, as nature offers it, cannot fulfil the demand, or at least can fulfil it only in those exceptional thrills of life where we sink our whole mind into the enjoyment of natural beauty. But even in such cases, the demands of life and the demands of knowledge in the service of life speak to us all the time; we may enjoy a beautiful landscape, and yet, if we want to live in it, quite other questions than those of the impression approach us; we may be fascinated by a human figure, but if we have to deal with the man, he cannot remain for us an isolated piece of reality, he is connected with a thousand other experiences; and if we hear beautiful words spoken to us, we cannot isolate them, we cannot fully give our mind to them alone; they seek an answer and they turn to action. The beauty of men and of things in life remains thus only a passing pulsebeat of experience; we cannot hold our mind to one object because life pushes us forward and demands from us the attit

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This book provides a comprehensive discussion of the principles of art education. It covers various aspects of art education, including its philosophical, aesthetical and psychological dimensions. It is useful for art teachers, students, and anyone interested in the field of art education. The book includes numerous illustrations and examples to help the reader understand the concepts easily. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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The principles of art education, a philosophical, aesthetical and psychological discussion of art education by Hugo Munsterberg. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1904 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes."