Excerpt from Text Books of Art Education, Vol. 4 Education along specific lines should conform to the philosophy which is accepted as fundamental in general educational work. The educational princi ples adhered to in these books are, therefore, in accord with the psychological laws Of child development which are endorsed by the leading educators of the present time, and the effort has been made to work out in these books a series Of lessons that shall be not only educationally sound and artistically correct, but at the same time adapted in the different stages to the child's ability to compre hend and his power to express. With this end in view, the lessons in the Text Books Of Art Education have been divided into three groups which may be known as the Observational or Objective Group, in which the study of things is the aim; the Subjective Group, in which the study Of principles or laws Of beauty is the aim; and the Creative Group, in which the application Of accumulated knowledge and ability is the aim. In furthering the work Of the first group, the topics so familiar to the art teacher Of our modern schools are treated - landscape, plants, life, and still life. In the second group are presented the principles Of perspective, Of industrial drawing, Of color harmony, and most important Of all, the principles Of pure design. In the third group are placed creative-exercises in composition, in decorative design, and in many forms Of manual training. While the same division Of work is kept throughout the course, the manner Of presentation differs greatly in the different years. In the primary grades, the work is largely Objective in its character. Children are taught to see and to do. In the intermediate grades, the children are introduced to the principles of arrange ment, Balance, Rhythm, and Harmony, which have been adopted as the working basis Of this series of books, and in the light Of which the subjective and creativework of the upper grades is planned. AS the work progresses through the differ ent years, the subjective and creative sides are more and more emphasized, and the study of Objects is felt to be merely a means necessary to an end. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.