Art as the Basis of Education
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Throughout his career Herbert Read worked tirelessly for peace in the world. At the time when he was working with UNESCO during its infancy he was already exploring the idea of art-for-peace. A prolific writer, editor, poet, academic, teacher, curator, activist, art reviewer, historian, and defender of children, Read is one of education’s towering figures. His educational thinking was based on a lifetime of research in psychology, psychoanalysts, poetry, philosophy, educational theory, and children’s art. In 1943 at the height of his powers, Read shook the educational establishment with his book Education Through Art. This publication marked a turning point and is still one of those few historic benchmarks that actually mean something in the culture of education. In this chapter I will pursue Read’s conception of Education Through Art. I will be arguing that what children embody through their art, as Read thought, represents part of the filial bond of education. Read’s particular insight into this filial bond is an aspiring account of the virtues of aesthetic education.