Understanding Arts and Arts Education (Theory) Block : Art Education

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Performing Art Practical
Block 1 : Art Education
Notes
describes fundamentals of Art, experimentation with different materials and
Exploration and Experimentation with different Methods of Visual Arts and Crafts.
Apt implementation by teachers will give ample opportunity for children to
explore and experiment .It will enhance the creativity of the child and also help
them to explore and enjoy in the immediate environment.
As 
Art
figures in almost every walk of life Art and India are almost synonymous.
Right from birth singing the soothing lullaby to the child, enacting tales of valor
and courage in schools and community celebration from the epics – The
‘
Mahabharata’
and The ‘
Ramayana’
, or Panchatantra we are connected to art.
All Art forms foster cultural awareness and promotes cultural practices. This is
the means by which knowledge of the historic past of its people, traditions, beliefs,
customs can be understood. The achievements of human beings through literature,
poetry, important texts can be revisited and transmitted from one generation to
the next. It is therefore valuable for impressionable minds to get the right exposure
to arts in their formative years by gaining access to our rich and important past.
This unit of Art education will give an idea about the varied disciplines in
performing arts and how their implementation will be useful to the learner.
Performing arts incorporate Music , Musical Instruments, Drama, Dance ,
Recitation, Narration, Literature etc. It is a very wide gamut and has been a part
of human life since the beginning. These forms are embedded so beautifully in
our social lives that without them life would be so dull, shallow and unaesthetic.
The glory of our traditional and contemporary performing arts hence has to be
treasured, glorified, practiced and restored for the benefit of the future generations.