Book Reviews

Book reviewed: Michael Brenson Acts of Engagement: Writings on Art, Criticism and Institutions, 1993 – 2002 Edited by Alan Dyer Alison Lambert: Emotion and Expression Stuart Macdonald A Century of Art and Design Education: From Arts and Crafts to Conceptual Art. Julian Spalding The Art of Wonder, A History of Seeing Jennifer New Drawing from Life, The Journal as Art     

Editorial Review and Book Reviews

Welch, Evelyn Art and Society in Italy 1350–1500 Craske, Matthew Art in Europe 1700–1830 Woodham, Jonathan M. Twentieth-Century Design Clarke, Graham The Photograph Smith, Peter The History of American Art Education Simpson, Moira G. Making Representations: Museums in the Post-Colonial Era     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed: All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education. John, Matthews The Art of Childhood and Adolescence: The Construction of Meaning Art 20–The Thames and Hudson Multimedia Dictionary of Modern Art CD-ROM for Apple Macintosh or PC Edward, Lucie-Smith Lives of the Great 20th-Century Artists Ken, Vieth From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Art & Design Problem Solving Maxine, Berg and Helen, Clifford Consumers and Luxury: Consumer Culture in Europe 1650 to 1850 Susan, Balson Artists in Wales Jo Dahn Mark, Gelernter A History of American Architecture: Buildings in their Cultural and Technological Context     

Book Reviews

Theodore F. Wolff and George Geahigan, Art Criticism and Education Grant Cook, Deirdre Griffin and Maureen CoxTeaching Young Children to Draw: Imaginative Approaches to Representational Drawing Margaret Morgan and Gillian Robinson, Developing Art Experience, 4–13 Peter Dormer (ed.), The Culture of Craft Students, Essays by Students on the Victoria and Albert and Royal College of Art Course in History of Design     

Editorial Review and Book Reviews

Evaluating and Assessing the Visual Arts in Education: International Perspectives. Editors: Doug Boughton, Elliot W. Eisner, and Johan Ligtvoet TRIX of the Grade. Tutor A + Tutor B Writing an art policy and curriculum plan for a primary school – guidance for co–ordinators. John Bowden Oxford GNVQ Intermediate Art & Design. Norman Binch Media in Art – Classroom materials for moving media in art at key stage 3. Tony Carroll Design History: An Anthology. A Design Issues Reader. Dennis P Doordan Surfaces: Visual Research for artists, architects, and designers. Judy A. Juracek Susie Cooper: An Elegant Affair. Bryn Youds Clay In The Primary School. Peter Clough     

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     

In the periodicals

An Introduction to the Art of Reading with Energy and Propriety. By John Rice. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, in the Strand, 1765; pp. 322.

History and Illustrations of the London Theatres. By Charles I. M. Dibdin. London: J. Moyes, 1826; pp. 94.

American Comedies. By J. K. Paulding and William Irving Paulding. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1847; pp. 295.

[Charles Butler], Rhetoricae libri duo, quorum prior de tropis et figuris, posterior de voce et gestu praecipit: in usum scho‐larum. Oxford, 1598. Also Oxford 1600, 1618, London 1629 (1635?), 1642 (also Leyden 1642), 1649, 1655, and perhaps other editions.     

Living in the Past: Some Revisionist Thoughts on the Historiography of Art and Design Education

There is a ‘dominant’ history of art and design education in Britain. This has been established by five books published in the 1960s and 1970s. They are Quentin Bell's The Schools of Design (1963), Gordon Sutton's Artisan or Artist?(1967), Richard Carline's Draw They Must(1968), Stuart Macdonald's The History and Philosophy of Art Education (1970), and Clive Ashwin's Art Education: Documents and Policies 1768–1975 (1975). They all offer a substantially corroborative account of the history of art and design education based on their predecessor. This is particularly evident in their explanation of the origin of public art and design education in Britain in the early nineteenth century. After a gap of thirty years Stuart Macdonald's book is to be republished. The news is a cause for celebration but also for concern, in that its reappearance may well further entrench the dominance of the collective voice of these five books. In an attempt to keep historical research alive and kicking in the field of art and design education, this article challenges the explanation offered by these authors for the introduction of public art and design education in the 1830s.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed: Edited by Katy Macleod and Lin Holdridge Thinking through Art: Reflections on Art as Research Anne Bamford The Wow Factor: Global Research Compendium on the Impact of the Arts in Education Edited by Anna Harding Magic Moments: Collaboration between Artists and Young People Nigel Meager Creativity and Culture: Art Projects for Primary Schools     

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     

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     

Editorial Review and Book Reviews

Books reviewed: The Arts Matter, Nida Home Docherty Curriculum, Culture and Art Education – Comparative, Mervyn Romans A Celebration of Bath Academy of Art at Corsham, John Swift Celebrating Pluralism: Art Education and Cultural Diversity, Nick Stanley Australian Artlook, Tom Hardy Art 7–11: Developing Primary Teaching Skills, Rob Barnes 101 Things To Do With Your Computer, Gillian Doherty World Wide Web For Beginners, Jonathan Yeomans     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Dennis Atkinson, Art in Education: Identity and Practice Liz Wells (ed.), The Photography Reader Ocverk, Stinson, Wigg, Bone and Cayton (eds.), Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice A. Efland, Art and Cognition — integrating the visual arts in the curriculum     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Frank, Whitford, Kandinsky: Watercolours and Other Works on Paper Jean, Clair, Picasso: The Italian Journey 1917–1924 Judy, Attfield, Utility Reassessed: The role of ethics in the practice of design Dennis, Fehr, Kris, Fehr Karen, Keifer Boyd, Real World Readings in Art Education: Things your Professors Never Told You Laura, Claridge, Tamara de Lempicka: A Life of Deco and Decadence Michael, Rosenthal, The Art of Thomas Gainsborough: ‘a little business for the Eye’ Inga, Bryden and Janet, Floyd, Domestic Space; Reading the Nineteenth-Century Interior Doug, Boughton and Rachel, Mason, Beyond Multicultural Art Education: International Perspectives     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed: Paul Dash The Goodwill Art Service Year: 2003 Edited by Kevin Lole Nexus: where ICT and art meet Downing, D. and Watson, R. School Art: What's in it? Richard Hickman Critical Studies in Art and Design Education Editors: P. Bruce Uhrmacher and Jonathan Matthews Intricate Palette. Working the Ideas of Elliot Eisner. John Finney, Richard Hickman, Morag Nicholson, Bill Nichol and Jean Ruddock. Rebuilding Engagement through the Arts. Responding to disaffected students.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed: Edited by Mervyn Romans Histories of Art and Design Education: Collected Essays Edited by Dennis Atkinson and Paul Dash Social and Critical Practice in Art Education Graeme Sullivan Art Practice as Research Enquiry in the Visual Arts Richard Hickman Why we make art and why it is taught     

Editorial Review and Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Being Ourselves for You: The Global Display of Cultures, Richard Yeomans Picasso and the War Years 1937– 1945, David Phillips & Richard Yeomans Understanding Animation, Kanella Lisa Vasileiou Women in the Nineteenth Century Art World: Schools of Art and Design for Women in London and Philadelphia, John Swift Hindsight, Chloe Steers The Kind of Schools We Need, Diarmuid McAuliffe Institute of International Visual Arts. Education Packs, ‘Landscape’ and ‘Portraiture’, Arthur Hughes     

Editorial Review and Book Reviews

McGeoch, B. And Porch, S Looking at Scottish Art Malcolm Dickson (editor) Art with People Hugh Ferguson Glasgow School of Art - The History Alan Crawford Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wendy Kaplan (editor) Charles Rennie Mackintosh Pamela Robertson Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Art is the Flower Janice Helland The Studios of Frances and Margaret Macdonald Architecture on Disc, Glasgow, 1995 Glasgow-on-Disc Prairie Multimedia Inc., Chicago, 1995 Frank Lloyd Wright Companion