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Identifier: americanhomesgar41907newy (find matches)
Title: American homes and gardens
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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oes is to enable apupil to find himself, and its chief purpose is reallythe formation of a partnership of head, hand, andheart. The aim of instruction in what is calledconstructive work is to give the individual powerto work independently. Special effort is made to times the making of original forms is permitted, although in-dividual models must be directly related to the object model.Every effort is made to induce pupils to work out new formsat home, because their interest in the tasks in hand is meas-ured largely by the home work they are willing to do. Lateron, the attention of the pupils is taken up with basketry andweaving, tasks to which they seem to bring the best thoughtthere is in them. The general manual training course in the New Yorkpublic schools extends over eight years, and includes drawing,construction, and shop work. The first two years most of thetime is devoted to freehand representation of objects, simpleillustrative drawings, constructive work with applications of
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A Carpentry Class Learning the Use of Tools promote original creation and execution. Every new processis taught with a view of giving the ability to use the knowl-edge gained in the making of other forms. Contrary to general opinion, first steps in manual trainingare not associated with shop work—carpentry or mechanicsof any sort. In fact, the first three years the subjects of thiscourse are construction, design, illustration, object drawing—all with the use of paper, splints, and pencil. Whenever pos-sible, lessons in illustrative drawing supplement other lessons. decorative design, color, studyof pictures. In the third yearconstructive work from draw-ings is added. The fourth andfifth year courses cover practi-cally the same ground. Thesixth year includes freehanddrawing, memory or imagina-tive drawings, simple compo-sition, principles of construc-t i o n drawing, constructivework from patterns or working drawings, decorative designand its application, color, study of pictures a

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