American Journal of Art and Design

Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2021

  • Philosophies of Education, Knowledge and Curriculum & Instruction

    Adan Hussein

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2021
    Pages: 60-65
    Received: 22 April 2021
    Accepted: 10 June 2021
    Published: 7 July 2021
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    Abstract: Education is viewed as a mean for economic growth and development within which nations are allotted a substantial chunk of their annual revenue for having skilled work force, but this is not well materialized specially in the third world countries due to considerable human vulnerabilities and under investment in the sector that also crippled the pr... Show More
  • Design Education for Grades 7 and 8 in a CISCE School in India — An Action Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Priyanka Sewhag Joshi, Vijai Singh Katiyar

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2021
    Pages: 66-83
    Received: 30 June 2021
    Accepted: 12 July 2021
    Published: 15 July 2021
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    Abstract: The purpose of the research study is to apply the educational theories to improve professional practice through action research and identify the potential issues in the practice of teaching ‘Design’ as a subject to Grades 7 and 8. The authors have reviewed Bloom’s taxonomy, Bruner’s ‘spiral curriculum,’ Maslow’s motivation theory, Vygotsky’s theory... Show More
  • A Journey of the Soul: Catharsis and Salvation in the Mosaic of Casaranello (Italy, 6th Century)

    Francesco Danieli

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2021
    Pages: 84-94
    Received: 12 June 2021
    Accepted: 19 July 2021
    Published: 28 July 2021
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    Abstract: The church of Santa Maria della Croce in Casaranello (Casarano, Italy, 6th century) is an important paleo-Byzantine testimony in Southern Italy. The building is well preserved and corresponds more or less to its original structure because in the late-medieval age the community of Casaranum decided to move the residential area up the hill overlookin... Show More
  • Asante Indigenous Lost Wax Cast Evolution for Profitable Economic Growth

    Samuel Baah Kissi, Steve Kquofi, Peggy Ama Fening

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2021
    Pages: 95-102
    Received: 17 March 2021
    Accepted: 25 August 2021
    Published: 3 September 2021
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    Abstract: Globalization and competition with modern industrial products is the basic and fundamental setback for the viability, sustainability and preservation of local cultural heritage of traditional arts in most part of the world. This has been the case of Casting done at Krofofrom in the Asante Kingdom of Ghana. Castings done at Krofofrom can be improved... Show More
  • Mystical Ars Amand: Considerations Based on the Texts of Meditation Literature of the 17th and 18th Centuries

    Beata Łukarska

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2021
    Pages: 103-111
    Received: 18 July 2021
    Accepted: 27 August 2021
    Published: 6 September 2021
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    Abstract: The present article discusses the literary, linguistic, cultural, and spiritual qualities of unknown or forgotten monuments of ancient Polish literature. It also constitutes an attempt to prove the universalism of the art of the word. The analysis of messages of meditative and mystical literature of the 17th and 18th centuries provides a basis for ... Show More