The "Innocent Eye" and Recent Changes in Art Education.

Forrest, Erik

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ERIC Number: EJ333653

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Publication Date: 1985

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The "Innocent Eye" and Recent Changes in Art Education.

Forrest, Erik

Journal of Aesthetic Education, v19 n4 p103-14 Win 1985

The notion of an "innocent eye," a naive direct view of visual reality, has a long history in art education. Faults and difficulties of this direct view are discussed, and new frames of references that have been adopted are examined. (RM)

Descriptors: Art Education, Art History, Educational Change, Freehand Drawing, Higher Education, Sciences, Secondary Education, Visual Learning, Visual Perception

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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