TY  - BOOK
AU  - Biesta,Gert
TI  - Letting art teach
T2  - Teaching objects
SN  - 9491444379
AV  - N84 .B54 2017
U1  - 707.1 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Arnhem, Netherlands
PB  - ArtEZ Press
KW  - Beuys, Joseph.
KW  - Art
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Beyond expressivism - Exposition: teaching art - A double vanishing act - Existing as subject - The work of the head, the heart and the hands - Interruption, suspension, sustenance - Stop making sense - The sound of surprise - Letting art teach
N2  - "In this book, Gert Biesta presents a new approach to contemporary art education by showing the unique possibilities the arts offer to establish a dialogue with the world around us. This approach to art education is based on teaching as a process of showing, where the teacher shows the student what could be good, important or meaningful to master in the world. As a starting point for illustrating this method, the book proposes 'How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare' (1965) by Joseph Beuys, which Biesta uses in order to draw out a number of important lessons about teaching"--Publisher's website
ER  -