with the advent of shāhabbās, the safavid dynasty enjoyed its pinnacle of power. in this era, thanks to the endurance of cultural traditions and long reign of the safavids, and also the extraordinary patronage of artists by the court, the strengthening and establishing of art became realized. shāhabbās’ accession to the throne caused significant political change and as a result, many traditiona...

1 d With the recognition that there are inherent occupational and environmental hazards in the visual arts comes the challenge of finding suitable ways to educate future artists, provide for regulatory compliance and help reduce the potential for accidents and injuries in the studio. Owing to the diversity of activities, products and processes used in the visual arts, meeting this challenge is ...

During a 15-month period between February 2010 and April 2011, video data on (n1⁄4 38) people with dementia were collected during a person-centered and intergenerational arts activity program called Opening Minds through Art (OMA) at three different long-term care facilities in Ohio. A subsample of the OMA participants (n1⁄4 10) were also video recorded during traditional visual arts activities...

In this paper, we use recent survey data on the visual arts in order to test three arguments concerning the relationship between social stratification and cultural consumption: i.e. what we label as the ‘homology’, the ‘individualisation’ and the ‘omnivore–univore’ arguments. Through latent class analysis, we identify three types of consumer in the visual arts—‘omnivores’, ‘paucivores’ and non-...

Visual arts education focuses on creating original visual art products. A means to improve originality is enhancement of divergent thinking, indicated by fluency, flexibility and originality of ideas. In regular arts lessons, divergent thinking is mostly promoted through brainstorming. In a previous study, we found positive effects of an explicit instruction of metacognition on fluency and flex...

The daylight in classrooms is a crucial aspect that affects the quality of learning environment and overall performance students. Visual arts, such as painting, sculpture, carving, textile design photography, require specific lighting conditions, which are different from regular classroom standards. Due to limited number studies this area, it necessary examine specificities types visual arts pr...