John Dewey and the Lessons of art

From: Studies in Art Education | Date: October 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Jackson, P.W. (1999). John Dewey and the lessons ofart. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 204 pages. ISBN 0-300-007213-9.

Reviewed by John Howell V/Mtel Kutztown University

What can we learn from Dewey's reconception of aesthetics, from a term applied to independent objects or sensory states to an interactive coupling of the perceiver and the perceived? This is the question addressed in Philip W. Jackson's book, John Dewey and the Lessons ofArt. Jackson is a past president of the John Dewey Society and the David Lee Shillington Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of ...

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