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Studies in Philosophical Realism in Art, Design and Education

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  • Offers information on philosophical realism and its applications in visual arts and design education
  • A structured approach to understanding visual arts education in a globalized world
  • The framework provides a powerful interface between research and practice

Part of the book series: Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education (LAAE, volume 20)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. The Development of Philosophical Realism in Art, Design and Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Making Art a Real Thing

      • Neil C. M. Brown
      Pages 25-41
    3. Aesthetic Fallacies in Perspective

      • Neil C. M. Brown
      Pages 65-76
  3. The Critical Application of Philosophical Realism to Concerns in Art, Design and Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
    2. The Spectacle of the Artist in Art Education

      • Neil C. M. Brown
      Pages 115-136
    3. The Frames and Relational Aesthetics

      • Neil C. M. Brown
      Pages 137-146
    4. Bodies of Work and the Practice of Art Making

      • Neil C. M. Brown
      Pages 163-177
  4. Philosophical Realism and Its Implications for Practice in Art, Design and Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231

About this book

This book fills a gap in the literature of 21st century international visual arts education by providing a structured approach to understanding the benefits of Philosophical Realism in art education, an approach that has received little international attention until now. The framework as presented provides a powerful interface between research and practical reconceptualisations of critical issues and practice in the domains of art, design, and education that involve implications for curriculum in visual arts, teaching and learning, cognitive development, and creativity. The book extends understanding of Philosophical Realism in its practical application to teaching practice in visual arts in the way it relates to the fields of art, design, and education. Researchers, teacher educators and specialist art teachers are informed about how Philosophical Realism provides insights into art, design, and education. These insights vary from clearer knowledge about art to the examination of beliefs and assumptions about the art object. Readers learn how cognitive reflection, and social and practical reasoning in the classroom help cultivate students’ artistic performances, and understand how constraints function in students’ reasoning at different ages/stages of education.

Reviews

“A volume that brings together Neil Brown’s work is long overdue. Whether one totally agrees with or has qualified reservations over Brown’s position on Philosophical Realism and how he sees it as being central to the development of art, design and education, reading this book is a must. This volume presents its readers with an argument and thesis to be reckoned with, particularly in how it brings together the philosophical, pedagogical and political realms of art and design, and how it sustains such realms by challenging their schooled realities and their strange but necessary dialectic.” (Professor John Baldacchino, University of Dundee, UK)

Authors and Affiliations

  • East Balmain, NSW, Australia

    Neil C. M. Brown

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Studies in Philosophical Realism in Art, Design and Education

  • Authors: Neil C. M. Brown

  • Series Title: Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42906-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-42904-5Published: 26 September 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82690-5Published: 14 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-42906-9Published: 13 September 2016

  • Series ISSN: 1573-4528

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-0069

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 299

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Creativity and Arts Education, Philosophy of Education, Curriculum Studies

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eBook USD 99.00
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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