Sully, J.

… Education to train specialists such as painters and sculptors has existed for a long time, but it was not until the end of the 19th century and into the 20th century that the educational value of art began to be recognized in general education. This was around the time that James Sully (1842-1923) of England studied children's drawings and recognized the importance of their expression, and Franz Cizek (1865-1946) of Austria recognized children's self-expression and creativity and opened a children's art school. In contrast to the geometric and copying drawings that aimed to train the eyes and hands, which were the lineage of drawing and design up until then, attention was focused on the value of children's art, which has its own unique expression and recognition that is different from adults', and it began to be incorporated into general education. …

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…　画家や彫刻家などの専門家を養成する教育は古くから存在していたが，普通教育において美術の教育的価値を認めるようになるのは19世紀の終りころから20世紀にかけてである。ちょうど，イギリスのサリーJames Sully(1842‐1923)が児童画の研究を行ってその表現の重要性が認識され，オーストリアのチゼックFranz Cizek(1865‐1946)が子どもの自己表現と創造性を認めて児童美術の学校を開いたころである。それまでの画学や図学の系統をひく〈目と手の訓練〉をめざす幾何画的･臨画(模写)的図画に対して，子どもにはおとなと違った独自の表現と認識があるという子どもの美術の価値が注目されて，それが普通教育に取り入れられるようになった。…

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