BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: The Designer's Guide to Japanese Patterns Jeanne Allen Curvilinear Perspective: From Visual Space to the Constructed Image Albert Flocon & André Barre (trans. Robert Hansen ) A Guide to First Degree Courses in Fine Art: Public Sector Higher Education National Association FOR Fine Art Education Concise Encyclopedia of Interior Design A. Allen Dizik Time and Light Roger Elsgood Critical Studies in Art and Design Education David Thistlewood (ed) Design and Communication: A Foundation Course Peter Gowers GCSE—Art and Design Bill Read GCSE—CDT Design and Realisation David     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Discipline-Based Art Education: Origins, Meanings and Development RALPH A. SMITH (ed) Drawing for Three-Dimensional Design: Concepts, Illustration, Presentation ALAN PIPES Design Now: Industry or Art? VOLKER FISCHER (ed) Gaetano Pesce FRANCE VANLAETHEM Mackintosh's Masterwork: the Glasgow School of Art W. BUCHANAN (ed)     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Design Education: the Foundation Years Richard Kimbell Who's a Designer? Design and Industries Association, 17 Lawn Crescent, Kew Gardens, Surrey. The Sociology of Art Arnold Hauser (translated by K. J. Northcott) Working in Art and Design Peter Green     

BOOK RECEIVED

Book Reviewed in this Article: Photography: Art and Media Education Jim Horsey (ed) Classroom Display: Improving the Visual Environment in Schools Noel Hodgson William Gardner's Book of Calligraphy William Gardner Writing Medieval Scripts John Lancaster The Glass of Fashion Cecil Beaton Dictionary of Art and Artists David Piper (ed) Hiding in The Light: on Images and Things Dick Hebdige     

Reviews Editorial

Creative Art in Groupwork, Jean Campbell. Design for Society, Nigel Whiteley. Design: Capability and Awareness, John Morrison and John Twyford. The Art Teacher's Handbook (Second Edition), Robert Clement. Implementing National Curriculum Art in Primary Schools: Examples and Teaching Plans - An Integrated Approach, Tony Boden (Ed.). Art Making and Education, Maurice Brown and Diana Korzenik.     

Reviews

A is for Aesthetic: Essays on Creative and Aesthetic Education PETER ABBS Education for Crafts: A Study of the Education and Training of Craftspeople in England and Wales C. ASHWIN, A. CHANNON, J. DARRACOTT Color Theory and Its Application in Art and Design GEORGE A. AGOSTON Cézanne's Early Imagery MARY TOMPKINS LEWIS     

Book Reviews

Book Reviewed in this Article: Children's Drawings MAUREEN COX Van Gogh: The Passionate Eye P. BONAFOUX Gauguin: The Quest for Paradise F. CACHIN Writing: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts G. JEAN Key Concepts: a Guide to Aesthetics, Criticism and the Arts in Education TREVOR PATEMAN Art Education: a Critical Necessity A.W. LEVI and R.A. SMITH Type and Image: the Language of Graphic Design PHILIP MEGGS Art as Activist: Revolutionary Posters from Central and Eastern Europe M. SYLVESTIOVA and D. BARTELT     

Book Reviews

Book Reviewed in this Article: A History of Art Education: Intellectual and Social Currents in Teaching the Visual Arts ARTHUR D. EFLAND Approaching Art and Design: A Guide for Students ROD and DOT TAYLOR Museum Education: History, Theory and Practice NANCY BERRY & SUSAN MAYERS (eds)     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Jacquie, Swift and John, Swift, Series Editors: John, Swift and Arthur, Hughes, Disciplines, Fields and Change in Art Education: Art Education and Art Practice. Volume 1 Nicholas, Addison and Lesley, Burgess, Learning to Teach Art and Design in the Secondary School: a companion to school experience Richard, Hickman, Art Education 11–18: Meaning, Purpose and Direction Evelyn, Welch, Art in Renaissance Italy Arnold, Pacy, Meaning in Technology     

Editorial Review and Book Reviews

Children's Art and the Computer Art and design for learning series, Kevin Mathieson Nineteenth Century Art: A Critical History Stephen F Eisenman with texts by Thomas Crow, Brian Lukacher, Linda Nochlin, and Frances K Poli Teaching Art and Design Addressing Issues and Identifying Directions Editor Roy Prentice The Rebrith of Nature Rupert Sheldrake Criticizing Art: Understanding the Contemporary Terry Barrett Preservice Art Education: Issues and Practice Editor Linda Galbraith Investigating Twentieth Century Art Burning the Box of Beautiful Things: The Development of a Post-modern Sensibility Alex Seago Teaching Art at Key Stage 2 Nigel Meager and Julie Ashfield What makes a Monet a Monet? What makes a Bruegel a Bruegel? What makes a Degas a Degas? What makes a Raphael a Raphael? What makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt? What makes a Van Gogh a Van Gogh? Richard Muhlberger This is Not the National Curriculum for Art Vick de Rijke and Geoff Cox     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Rationality of Feeling, David Best Visual Arts in Education: Completing the Circle, Rod Taylor The Arts in the Primary School, Rod Taylor Glennis Andrews Aesthetics and Education, Michael J. Parsons Gene Blocker Art History and Education, Stephen Addiss Mary Erickson Drawing Research and Development: Art and Design Education Series, David Thislewood (Ed)     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art HAROLD OSBORNE (ED) The Oxford Dictionary of Art IAN CHILVERS, HAROLD OSBORNE & DENNIS FARR (EDS) Art Education and Multiculturalism RACHEL MASON Double Harness ROBIN TANNER Design and Applied Arts Index     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Art Since Mid-Century DAVID WHEELER The Shock Of The New ROBERT HUGHES Technique Anglais—Current Trends in British Art. ANDREW RENTON and LIAM GILLICK (eds) Walk to the Moon RICHARD NATHANSON (ed) Aesthetics and Arts Education RALPH A. SMITH AND ALAN SIMPSON (eds) The Art & Design Directory for 1992 entry, an overview of Art & Design Courses , MIKE STALLARD, ROSE WATSON and IAN FARREN Organising Your Exhibition: the Self-Help Guide DEBBIE DUFFIN     

Book Reviews

Book Reviewed in this Article: Digital Visions , Cynthia Goodman Living Powers: The Arts in Education , Peter Abbs (ed) The Arts in Education: Some Research Studies , Les Tickle (ed) Art Education and Creativity: Bulletin of the International Bureau of Education , Brian Allison (ed) Fashion Means Business , Design Council Educational Three-Dimensional Design for Schools , Design Council Educational Assignments for Art and Design Studies , V. Lawrence , J. Nutt , G. Pound , C. Unitt Themes and Projects in Art and Design , Frederick Palmer Corporate Identity Design , Veronica Napoles Design in Context , Penny Sparke     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed: Ghislaine Wood Essential Art Deco Julian Spalding The Eclipse of Art: Tackling the Crisis in Art Today Edited by Grierson and Mansfield The Arts in Education: Critical Perspectives from Aotearoa New Zealand Martin Wenham Understanding Art A Guide for Teachers Karen Raney Art in Question     

Book Reviews

Book Reviews in this Articles: The Thames and Hudson Encyclopaedia of British Art David Bindman The Thames and Hudson Encyclopaedia of 20th-Century Architecture Vittorio Lampugnani Modern Architecture: a Critical History Kenneth Frampton Studies in Impressionism John Rewald Thames and Hudson Art History in Education: an Annotated Bibliography and History Paul Brazier The Structures of Artistic Revolutions Remi Clignet Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art 1910–1980 Magdalena Dabrowski British Art Since 1900 Frances Spalding Arts Address Book Peter Marcan Publications Index of British Studies in Art and Design Education Brian Allison Art Education and Creativity: an International Bibliography Brian Allison Ancient Egyptian Designers Eva Wilson     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Developing the Arts in Primary Schools: Good Practice in Teacher Education C. SHARP Art in the Primary School J. Lancaster A Tool for Learning: Some Functions for Art in Pirmary Education M. Rubens & M. Newlands     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Art, Design and Topic Work 8–13 ROB BARNES Unwin Hyman. Introducing Design Technology across the Curriculum TRISTRAM SHEPARD Ideas on Design STUART MACDONALD Hodder & Stoughton Photography: Towards a Multicultural Approach: a Sense of Place JIM HORNSBY (ed) Initiatives in Museum Education EILEAN HOOPER-GREENHILL (ed) Key Terms in Art, Craft and Design Teachers’ Book of Tests and Answers JOHN SKULL The Artist as Anthropologist: the Representation of Type and Character in Victorian Art MARY COWLING     

Book Reviews

Book Reviews in this Articles: State of the Art: Ideas and Images in the 1980s Sandy Nairne The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colors and their Application to the Arts M. E. Chevreul ; FABER Birren (Ed.) Schiffer, Westchester Principles of Colour Design Wucius Wong VNR Teaching Art to Young Children 4–9 Rob Barnes The Arts: a Preparation to Teach Shirley Cleave & Caroline Sharpe NFER See What I Mean: an Introduction to Visual Communication John Morgan & Peter Welton Essex Papers in Education: Vol. 1 Art, Craft and Education D. Baines , A. Thornton & M. Kennedy Shula Newick . Fabrics and Wallpapers Mary Schoeser Sixty Alphabets GUnnlaugher S. E. Briem The Art of Chinese Calligraphy Jean Long Design and British Industry Richard Stewart     

From mentoring to monitoring: the impact of changing work environments on academics in Australian universities

In 1996, the Art and Design Admissions Registry (ADAR) merged with the Universities and Colleges Admissions System (UCAS). This ended a 30-year specialist admissions system designed for the needs of Art and Design. One of the main reasons put forward for this change was to unify admissions and harness the benefits of a 'one address system'. This study set out to test this claim and evaluate any advantages or disadvantages which the UCAS system has had on the Art and Design students applying to Higher Education (HE), and the role of the Further Education (FE) tutor in providing progressional support and guidance. The study focused on the level of unity, choice and clarity which the system offered FE students and staff, and found that duality (as opposed to unity) currently exists; student choice is increased only for those using Route A or making split applications, but has been reduced for those using Route B only. There is a lack of clarity over UCAS procedures and form-filling, and there is confusion over the diverse use of Route A and Route B by HE and students. The study observes that HE administrators, rather than FE staff and students, are the primary benefactors of a unified system of applications.