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The Journal of the Asian Conference of Design History and Theory. 2017, 2, p. 77-88

Teaching Art to the Working Class : John Ruskin and the Meaning of “Practical” Art

Yokoyama, Chiaki

Saitama University

英語

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2017-09

Theme I : Design Theories and Ideas in Europe

The middle of the nineteenth century saw the burgeoning of various educational institutions for the working class. The precursor of these was the Working Men’s College which opened in October 1854. Before its opening, to their delightful surprise, Victorian art critic, John Ruskin, offered his teaching Drawing class. The College’s opening coincided with an interest in applying practical art and design to manufacturing, which had led the government to establish educational schemes and schools for art. First, the Normal School of Design in London was opened in 1837. And after the Great Exhibition, the Department of Practical Art of the Board of Trade was established in 1852. Ruskin protested against their educational schemes to connect art directly with manufacturing, and their idea that some limited pedagogy could teach students good design. Consequently, his teaching at the Working Men’s College gave him a great opportunity to propose and put into practice his criticism against the government’s art education. This paper will investigate the meaning of teaching “art” to and for the working class in relation to “practical” art, focusing on Ruskin’s teaching at the Working Men’s College and the influence of his teaching.

10.18910/90899

90899

Teaching Art to the Working Class : John Ruskin and the Meaning of “Practical” Art

Yokoyama, Chiaki

Saitama University

英語

2017-09

The Journal of the Asian Conference of Design History and Theory

2

77

88

https://hdl.handle.net/11094/90899

10.18910/90899

https://doi.org/10.18910/90899