History of Art Education

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  1. 1. Founded in 1648, this institution helped formalize art education through organized instruction in drawing, anatomy, perspective, and art theory.
  2. 3. This early American supporter believed drawing belonged alongside subjects like reading and mathematics because of its practical uses.
  3. 6. This educator promoted learning through experience, inquiry, and reflection, helping influence hands-on and child-centered art education.
  4. 7. This 1870 law helped make drawing instruction a required part of public education in Massachusetts and connected art to industrial needs.
  5. 10. A way of learning in which students gain understanding by doing, exploring, and reflecting instead of relying only on memorization.
  6. 11. An approach that organized art education around four areas: making art, studying its history, criticizing art, and thinking about its meaning and value.
  7. 12. This British educator became Massachusetts's first state director of art education and helped standardize industrial drawing and train art teachers.
  8. 13. This Austrian artist and teacher encouraged children to make original drawings instead of simply copying models.
  9. 14. A traditional way of learning art by working for years under an experienced craftsman before becoming skilled enough to advance.
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  1. 2. This movement encouraged educators to study children's development and move art instruction away from strict copying toward creativity and self-expression.
  2. 4. This Renaissance idea helped change artists from people who mainly practiced a trade into intellectual creators who studied subjects such as anatomy and geometry.
  3. 5. A New Deal program during the Great Depression that employed artists and helped bring art into schools and community spaces.
  4. 6. After completing an apprenticeship, this skilled worker could earn wages and travel to gain more experience before becoming a master.
  5. 8. A modern educational movement that added the arts to STEM and emphasized creativity, design thinking, and connections between different subjects.
  6. 9. A medieval organization that controlled who could practice artistic trades and set standards for training and quality.