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PDF pending restorationPlummer, Gordon S. – 1977
This paper relates visual literacy to the historical development of art education in the United States, emphasizing the work of Walter Smith, an art educator, during the later nineteenth century. The visual mode of learning, especially drawing, in public schools has been justified as a means to furthering industrialization and as an end in itself,…
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Education, Communication Skills, Educational Attitudes
