Browsing by Author "Adu-Agyem, Joe"

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    Concepts of aesthetics, appreciation and criticism among indigenous Asante carvers
    (1990) Adu-Agyem, Joe
    Concepts on Aesthetics, Appreciation and Criticism are areas of study in Art education, but unfortunately, they are mostly neglected or mistreated art programmes. Aesthetics as a form of knowledge involving appreciation rind criticism is an important human experience or activity which is carried out not only in an isolated school environment, but in the wider context of the community and the whole universe at large. Aesthetic education is an important vehicle for educational and cultural process which contributes positively to individual and national development. It is in this vein that the writer attempts to research into the indigenous carving of Asante and how it can serve as a source of aesthetic education. This thesis seeks to document arid critically analyze, synthesize and evaluate the concepts of Aesthetics, Appreciation and criticism among indigenous Asante carvers and moreover to use the concepts as a tool to improve the teaching of Art in Ghana. It 18 aimed at educating the general public, students, Art tutors, art educationists, teachers and researchers on the need for creating, producing, critically analysing, clearly understanding and be able to express oneself aesthetically about carved objects. Through the aesthetic education, our cultural heritage could be inculcated into our youth in order to maintain, protect, project, preserve and to modernize it. This study will be valuable and a humble contribution to education in its entirety. The main research method employed is the Descriptive Survey Method. The research tools used are:- questionnaire, Interview and Observation. The scope of the study convered the concepts of Aesthetics, Appreciation and Criticism among Indigenous Asante carvers concentrating on twelve carving centres as sample areas, The production processes an functions of Some selected carved objects have been identified and analyzed. The population of study was 70 carvers of which 21 master-carvers were selected at random using Simple Random Technique. The report is presented in seven chapters as follows:- Chapter one: This is the introductory chapter which deals with the problem and its setting. Chapter Two: The chapter surveys the related literature. Chapter Three: This chapter deals with the general procedure used in getting the research completed. Chapter Four: This chapter expatiates on the background of wood-carving in Asante under which the following sub-headings have been treated: Centres of Production, Tools and Material, Sources of Ideas, Methods of Production, Carved Objects, Intrinsic and Extrinsic va1ue of some selected works produced and the Future prospects of the carving industry. Chapter Five: The Analysis and Interpretation of findings from the field study obtained during the research have been presented in this chapter Chapter Six: Traditional Wood-carving as a source of Aesthetic Education is critically looked at under this chapter. This is the concluding chapter and deals with the summary, Recommendations and Conclusion.
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    Papier-mache as a viable medium in education through art
    (1989-04-16) Adu-Agyem, Joe
    Almost every school, from kindergarten to the tertiary level, is facing a lot of problems with the acquisition of the necessary art materials to work with. The success of most developed countries have been their abilities to make judicious use of the locally available materials and that made them self—sufficient and self—reliant. Presently, while the Engineering and other science departments and faculties of U.S.T have made a great f93t in the use of appropriate technology, the College of Art too is inculcating into its students the use of the locally available materials in creating something meaningful. Therefore, the use of papier-mache will assist in no small way to solve the problem of lack of art materials in the teaching of art in schools and colleges in Ghana. This long essay is an attempt to popularize papier-mache as a viable medium in Art Teaching in schools and colleges of education and to research into the various possibilities available in modelling and casting with it. The main research methods employed are the descriptive and experimental. The instruments used are interviews and observation. The scope of the research covered the review of related literature, papier-mache as a viable medium in education through art, materials needed and tools, modelling and casting with conclusions and recommendations,