Creativity Inside and Out.Marks-Tarlow. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : Addison-Wesley, 1996. Illus., 193 pp., paperback, $33.57. Subtitled "Learning Through Multiple Intelligences" with a forward by Howard Gardner, readers will find this book to be chock-full of stimulating ideas and lessons--most of which are art adaptable. The author, a clinical psychiatrist who had also attended the Rhode island School of Design Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) One of the most eminent fine arts colleges in the U.S., located in Providence, R.I. It was founded in 1877 but did not offer college-level instruction until 1932. , presents hundreds of activities, within twenty-seven lessons, designed to enhance creativity. A typical lesson is "Feeling Talk" that explores emotions through a series of six exercises and nine discussion topics that revolve around writing, drama and art, with emphasis on Expressionism expressionism, term used to describe works of art and literature in which the representation of reality is distorted to communicate an inner vision. The expressionist transforms nature rather than imitates it. and Fauvism fauvism (fō`vĭzəm) [Fr. fauve=wild beast], name derisively hurled at and cheerfully adopted by a group of French painters, including Matisse, Rouault, Derain, Vlaminck, Friesz, Marquet, van Dongen, Braque, and Dufy. , mask-making and cartooning. A brief review of this book cannot begin to describe the numerous teaching ideas and strategies contained in its pages. Recommended for upper grades through high school. |
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