Education through art

Abstract

Reviews the book "Education Through Art," by Herbert Read (see record 1948-15033-000 ). This book will interest psychologists principally because it sets forth an eclectic theory of personality development through creative expression. Read develops an idea as old as Plato--that art should be the basis of any sound education--and offers it to the modern world as a solution for society's ills. Read's position on art in relation to thinking, discipline, and moral training illustrates several diffuse but pronounced trends in modern education. Read derives a series of categories for the evaluation of child art and advances a theory of art production in relation to human personality which will interest those concerned with projective techniques. He also offers a blueprint for adapting his educational and personality theories to the education of children and adolescents. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)