Author : Gregory Gurley
Publisher : Cognella Academic Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781621311669
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (116 download)
Book Synopsis Art and Human Values (Revised Edition) by : Gregory Gurley
Download or read book Art and Human Values (Revised Edition) written by Gregory Gurley and published by Cognella Academic Pub. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Art and Human Values" includes articles, excerpts, and case studies that address fundamental, theoretical, and practical perspectives resulting from a view that considers art a powerful social and cultural force. The readings present an opportunity to examine your own and others' aesthetic values and to explore how art both forms and informs culture and is a voice of culture. The readings provide perspectives of art as a language that advances multicultural and cross-cultural understanding while examining the political, regional, economic, technological, religious-spiritual, ethnic, gender, and generational influences that shape conceptions of art and artists. The readings in "Art and Human Values" are varied and diverse and offer numerous perspectives on art, including: Culturally-based versus universally-based theories of artThe role of international and national cultural institutions and art policies on art and art makingThe consideration of gender, race, and ethnicity in relation to representation in artExamining contemporary and historical cross-cultural examples of art as an agent of social and cultural change and stabilityThe consideration of ethical practice and the creation, consumption, and acceptance of art Dr. Gregory Gurley currently teaches in the Arts and Administration program at the University of Oregon. He received his doctoral degree in theatre from Arizona State University where his research focused on eighteenth century drama for children and the use of drama as an educational means for social moral development. His research was recognized by Project Muse and in 2008 "Drama and Moral Education: The Plays of Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849)" was published by VDM Verlag Publishing. As an interdisciplinary arts' curriculum specialist, Dr. Gurley is currently developing in-class, online, and innovative hybrid curriculum and serves as online mentor to other departmental faculty.