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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"value of art"”.
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Understanding the Value of Art
<p>Artists throughout history have been refining methods of communicating. In doing so, they have improved our perspectives of the world, ourselves, and continue to bring the things that have real value in our lives into focus, giving us an advantageous perspective to breakthrough even our biggest …
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A study of the value of art workshop experiences in a summer demonstration school program
This was a study of teachers’ responses concerning art workshop experiences in a summer demonstration school. Three major aspects of the study were: (1) to determine the relative values that teachers placed on selected art experiences, (2) to determine from teachers’ responses the effectiveness of …
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The value of art: an investigation of the ‘value for money’ audit for the performing arts
Measuring the value of art and assessing the success of performing arts organizations have been a global concern in the creative industry for the past few decades (Pidd, 2012; Ellis, 2003; Reeves 2002). The complexity of art, by its nature, makes it difficult to come up with the ideal measuring …
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The art market, its intermediaries and the components of value of art works in an historical perspective
… dissertation begins with an historical overview of aspects of the Western art market, and continues with a discussion of financial and economic aspects of the art market. Throughout the factors and intermediaries that come into play in the determination of economic value and the price of exchange …
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Function, understanding and assessment : a functionalist interpretation of the assessment of art : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Philosophy at Massey University
The purpose of this thesis is to develop a functionalist interpretation of the assessment of art. In the following chapters I will explore the idea that we can assess the value of art works in terms of the various functions that they serve. Rejecting the idea that the value of art works lies in …
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Teaching for Aesthetic Experience: A Dual Case Study of the Mediating Influence of Curriculum and Pedagogy on Students' Experiences Visiting an Art Museum
… to contribute to the enduring curiosity about art and aesthetic experience as essentially human endeavors by investigating the potentially educative value of aesthetic experience for young people. It also aims to contribute to the efforts of scholars, such as Elliot Eisner, who seek to …
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Art entrepreneurship afterschool: Providing marginalized youth toolkits for success
The following paper argues for arts-based afterschool programming that focuses on the creation of highly crafted objects and entrepreneurial behaviors. The researcher's interests in this topic stem from a life-changing experience as an art director at a non-profit leadership camp. From this …
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Defining Self Through Symbol: A Psychological Analysis of the Cinderella Fairy Tale
… in the Cinderella fairytale as a representation of the individuation process which parallels the symbolic work of art therapy.</p> <p>Both art therapy and fairy tales utilize imagery, the language of the unconscious, to integrate the unconscious with the conscious, the ultimate goal of …
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The art of medicine : a narrative case study of an art museum workshop series for first-year medical students
… this research examines stakeholders’ experiences of a repeat-visit workshop at the Blanton Museum of Art for first-year students of the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. The workshop aims to nurture students’ skills in visual literacy, self-care, and empathetic …
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A comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected South African isiXhosa-language writers and Kenyan African authors in English
… long been advocating the creation and adoption of a comparative methodology for the study of African literature, little scholarly effort has thus far been exerted to establish such a methodology. This study aims to make a small contribution in this direction by elaborating an appropriate …
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A Theory for the Dissemination of Educational Change Founded on Development of Affective Values Using Adaptive Behavior
The problem. Research into the value of art education within the curriculum has evolved a mode of instruction based on developing the individual student and his critical sensibilities, referred to as aesthetic education. The mode of art instruction currently in wide use based on the beauty of the …
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Trending in the margins: contemporary art from Nigeria in the global markets
Earlier studies have established that the value of art is socially constructed in the global markets. Drawing on the artistic field, feminist and post-colonial theories; this research explored the circumstances regarding the relative international obscurity and under-representation of contemporary …
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The Logic of Evaluation in the Arts: Exploring artists’ responses to measurement within a publicly funded arts organisation
Measurement and evaluation in the publicly funded arts sector is a contested area. On the one hand measurement is constantly demanded by funders to justify the value of art projects, on the other hand, there is a lack of consensus on how it should be done and whether effective evaluation is even …
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Anchoring the Practice — Contemporary Artists’ Books as Translational Objects
… project aims to reconsider the relevance of art’s objecthood and the sense of practice by exploring the case of contemporary artists’ books. What does it mean in today’s art world and economy for practice given art’s practice turn within the post-medium condition to be presented in …
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The environment for good practice in art education in Malaysia
This investigation of the environment for good practice in Art Education in Malaysia looked at how far the implementation of the new Art Education curriculum in secondary schools had succeeded in broadening students' and professionals' perception of the importance of art in . education and the …
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Curating Arts on the Edge of an Unstable Society
The curatorial practice and research of Project 7½ in Korea and Indonesia, from 2014 to 2019, aimed to consider the value of art in humanistic and existential terms, with the exhibitions and events seeking to positively impact the lives of local communities. In this respect, the commentary reflects …
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Liminality, cancer and art therapy: autoethnographic exploration - living with the tiger
… aims to systematically investigate the concept of liminality and it relevance to my personal, professional and theoretical experiences of cancer and art therapy.<br/><br/>The Literature Review and Bricolage chapter reviews background literature on cancer and art therapy. It then presents a …
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John Boyle, Greg Curnoe and Joyce Wieland: Erotic Art and English Canadian Nationalism
… between eroticism and nationalism in the work of a set of English Canadian artists in the mid-1960s-70s, namely John Boyle, Greg Curnoe, and Joyce Wieland. It contends that within their bodies of work there are ways of imagining nationalism and eroticism that are formally or conceptually …
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The Anxiety Of Evolution: Biological And Cultural Adaptation From Marcel Proust To Peter Greenaway
… in their attempts to explain the transformation of cultural forms across different media, certain theorists, artists, and authors have turned to the models, metaphors, images, and narrative structures of biological evolution and (post-)Darwinian theory. It argues that, in so doing, they have …
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