Ralph A. Smith is Professor of Cultural and Educational Policy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the editor of the Journal of Aesthetic Education.

• Introduction: Building a Sense of Art 1. Art in Cultural Context 2. Art in Philosophical Context 3. Art in Educational Context - The Concept of Aesthetic Criticism 4. Examples of Aesthetic Skills 5. Teaching Aesthetic Skills 6. Toward an Artworld Curriculum 7. Issues: The Two Cultures and Policy 8. Issues: Ideology and Postmodernism

"This book is an impressive accomplishment and one to which I will often return for nourishment and vision." -- Education Studies"The book is fair, objective, and comprehensive in its syncretism." -- The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

Ralph A. Smith is Professor of Cultural and Educational Policy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the editor of the Journal of Aesthetic Education.

• Introduction: Building a Sense of Art 1. Art in Cultural Context 2. Art in Philosophical Context 3. Art in Educational Context - The Concept of Aesthetic Criticism 4. Examples of Aesthetic Skills 5. Teaching Aesthetic Skills 6. Toward an Artworld Curriculum 7. Issues: The Two Cultures and Policy 8. Issues: Ideology and Postmodernism

"This book is an impressive accomplishment and one to which I will often return for nourishment and vision." -- Education Studies"The book is fair, objective, and comprehensive in its syncretism." -- The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

Ralph A. Smith is Professor of Cultural and Educational Policy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the editor of the Journal of Aesthetic Education.

• Introduction: Building a Sense of Art 1. Art in Cultural Context 2. Art in Philosophical Context 3. Art in Educational Context - The Concept of Aesthetic Criticism 4. Examples of Aesthetic Skills 5. Teaching Aesthetic Skills 6. Toward an Artworld Curriculum 7. Issues: The Two Cultures and Policy 8. Issues: Ideology and Postmodernism

"This book is an impressive accomplishment and one to which I will often return for nourishment and vision." -- Education Studies"The book is fair, objective, and comprehensive in its syncretism." -- The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism