Myth, Mystery, and the Magic of Art Education : Beyond the Artefact

This book provides a new understanding of art education, connecting art, necessity, and pedagogy. Plenty has been written about art education, but its potential contribution to inner autonomy and existential emancipation due to the re-articulation of time and space in art has not been adequately explored in a pedagogic context. This book explores art as an affective continuum--not a plaything of culture, but rather a mode of alignment of the existential Eros with our ontological truth. Contents List of Figures Chapter 1: The Artistic Subject and the Subject of Art: An Introduction Chapter 2: Steps to the Magicology of Art Chapter 3: Ghosts of Uncertainty and the Spirit of Art Chapter 4: Secrets of Color, Secrets of Form Chapter 5: Poetry as Portrait and Performance of Art Chapter 6: Conversations on Art Pedagogy Chapter 7: Art, Fact, and the Artifact Index