This conceptual article is anchored on critical phenomenology to challenge the monopolisation of visual arts by the sense of vision, thus depriving visually impaired people of aesthetic value beyond ordinary cognitive faculties. In this study, we discuss the forms of painting, drawing and sculpting defined as Visual Arts referring to appreciation…

The development of a workshop using the language, techniques, and processes of visual art to introduce particle physics concepts is described. Innovative delivery methods committed to the interaction and collaboration of different specialist areas are utilised, which--in curriculum terms-- encourages connections to be made between separate…

Due to the rapid development and advancement within various fields, the scope of knowledge is expanding at a staggering pace. In modern education, experts and teachers makes efforts to eliminate fragmentation of the school curriculum and to modernize the manner of teaching thus optimizing the learning process. In planning art lessons, teachers…

In this article, the author discusses the different two- and three-dimensional art forms. She also describes the different media that can be used in these art forms.

Foil can be shaped into almost anything--it is the all-purpose material for children's art. Foil is a unique drawing surface. It reflects, distorts and plays with light and imagery as young artists draw over it. Foil permits quick impressions of a model or object to be sketched. Foil allows artists to track their drawing moves, seeing the action…

In his account about reading novels, Wolfgang Iser argued that the work of art is not the text itself but the experience that emerges as a reader interacts with the text. Yet, he clarified that the aesthetic object is not based only on the subjective input of the reader but also determined by specific signs that a text presents. This article draws…

The author suggests that we tend to give short shrift to sculpture when we go to art museums and great architectural landmarks. She describes various forms of sculpture: carving; modeling; modern plastics, rope, glass, rubber; and mobiles. (KC)

Provides a lesson for a high school art course on three-dimensional design. Based on a portrait bust by Naum Gabo, the project involves the construction of a 3-D portrait bust using railroad board. Describes techniques that students will need to be taught before beginning. (DSK)

Students were given insights into sculpture as space rather than as mass, thereby learning to enjoy contemporary works more easily. (RK)

Authors describe a new method for making moulded sculpture. (HB)

Article considered how a child's visual exploration of himself physically and his environment helped to further his self-identification and his means of self actualization. (Author/RK)

Two artists skilled in creating concrete sculpture worked with special and regular education elementary students in planning and building a concrete sculpture of a jungle. The shared experience not only resulted in a functional piece of art but also in improved staff and student relations. (CL)

Observes that Western traditions of artistic realism create problems in school art programs, as students tend to equate realism with quality. Argues that the use of sculpture from other cultures or from contemporary Western artists who do not employ the realist idiom can help move students away from this bias. (DSK)