Art in American Schools in Nineteenth..

REVIEWS: "a lovely book...reproductions of the original materials give a vividness that the typical historical text does not possess;" "a massive job of research...reprints of lessons, pages from texts & excerpts from speeches & papers;" "a treasure trove of facts. To my knowledge nowhere has this range of published nineteenth-century curriculum materials been presented in as much visual & verbal detail;" helping to revise my picture of the nineteenth century. It's all much richer than I thought." NINE CHAPTERS: (1) EARLY FOUNDATIONS: attitudes toward art, amateurs, professionals, school conditions; (2) FIRST DRAWING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: texts by Fowles, Rembrandt Peale, others; (3) DEDICATED CITIZENS: Peabody sisters, Mann, Barnard, Alcott, the Prussian school model; (4) MID-CENTURY PROGRESS: Boston, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cleveland, others; (5) INDUSTRIAL DRAWING: the English model, Massachusetts leadership, city exhibits at the Centennial Exhibition; (6,7,8) END OF THE CENTURY: culture, industry, education, art movements, public aesthetic; art education; (9) CONCLUSION: professional organizations, forward momentum, American school art at the 1900 Paris World's Fair. APPENDICES: 128 p. reprints. Drawing books, curricula, manuals, model lessons, reports. Mostly original dimensions. Interwood Press, 3562 Interwood Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45220; 513-751-5239.Wygant, Foster L. is the author of 'Art in American Schools in Nineteenth..' with ISBN 9780961037604 and ISBN 0961037601.