"Art is not a thing but a process, a whole comprised of moments."
-Ken Beittel, Art for a New Age
Introduction
The development of visual language evolves over time. The process of acquiring and expanding an artistic vocabulary occurs in stages. Beginning at birth, and continuing into adulthood, we develop artistic vocabulary and acquire technical and intellectual artistic skills as we are exposed to a variety of visual stimuli and learn new ways of understanding and responding to visual information.
This website is a resource that describes children's artistic development in relation to congitive, emotional, linguistic, and social growth. References to three researches--Judith Burton, Viktor Lowenfeld, and Marianne Kerlavage--appear frequently throughout the entries.*
Each developmental stage is summarized images are used to illustrate the characters and benchmarks of each artistic period. Most researchers describe the period of each stage as it occurs within a certain age range. However, each learner is unique and various internal and external factors may influence how a child progresses through each stage.
*References to Rhoda Kellog's Twenty Basic Scribbles also appear throughout the early entries.
This website is a resource that describes children's artistic development in relation to congitive, emotional, linguistic, and social growth. References to three researches--Judith Burton, Viktor Lowenfeld, and Marianne Kerlavage--appear frequently throughout the entries.*
Each developmental stage is summarized images are used to illustrate the characters and benchmarks of each artistic period. Most researchers describe the period of each stage as it occurs within a certain age range. However, each learner is unique and various internal and external factors may influence how a child progresses through each stage.
*References to Rhoda Kellog's Twenty Basic Scribbles also appear throughout the early entries.
