The arts have long been valued for their aesthetic contributions to education, and studies have been conducted to demonstrate their contribution to academic performance in an attempt to justify their inclusion in the curriculum. Art integration involves learning core content subjects (math, reading, language, science, social studies) through the arts (drama, dance, music, visual arts). The focu...

This study examines the visual aesthetic function of English signs in line with ethnographic approaches as a means of achieving various symbolic and communicative implications in the linguistic landscape (LL) of Jordan. Having coded the data in 6 urban streets of the major Jordanian cities, the social semiotic analysis centers on the visual layout of signs based on the typographical features of...

+ART 160 Cr.3 General Art Foundations An introductory course in visual art, with emphasis on understanding the methods of art making in a variety of studio disciplines. Topics include recognition of visual elements and principles of design, methods of applying these elements and principles throughout a variety of art forms, thematic development, relationship of the visual arts to other fields o...

Online help systems are typically used as a last resource in interactive breakdown situations. In this paper, we present a method for building online help based on design models according to a semiotic engineering approach. We show the benefits of having designers explicitly communicate their design vision to users, and we also point at the need to foster a new culture for online help. We show ...

The traditional sona drawing art of Angola is compared from the structural point of view to similar geometric arts found in other parts of the world. A simple algorithm is proposed for constructing a sub-class of sona drawings, called perfect monolinear sona drawings, on a given set of points in the plane, that exhibit the topological structure of a tree. The application of the tree sona drawin...

The relevance of the arts to medical practice is not always immediately apparent. Here, three examples are given from literature, visual arts and music which demonstrate links not normally found in medical texts.

Abstract Poe’s references to the visual arts have long been noted, but rarely examined for personal and original content. Barbara Cantalupo’s recent monograph is an exception in this regard proposes that interest was deep generally concerned beauty aesthetic issues. Facile with aspects of antiquity, Renaissance, Baroque, Poe had enthusiasm artists working United States more than his those from ...