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Quote from: jimbogumbo on March 24, 2023, 03:50:57 PM

Quote from: kaysixteen on March 24, 2023, 11:25:22 AM

Lotsa stuff here, so random responsa and observations in no necessary particular order of  importance:

1) 'classical' means different things... most of the schools in the 'classical' and especially the 'classical Christian' k12 school orbit do not really consider the Renaissance, and esp Renaissance art, the sort of 'classical' stuff they are emphasizing.  Some do not even do much art at all.   They rather consider things like ancient language study, rhetoric, logic, and the medieval Trivium to be of much greater import. 

2) I get that Michelangelo is not some scumbag perv on the net proffering kiddie porn.  Obviously.   That said, exactly what educational objective would be furthered by showing prepubescent children art that depicts full-on nudity in people, esp children?   There certainly is no tradition amongst evangelical protestantism for showing such images, or even for artists within these movements, for making them.

Here is a link to an overview of the Hillsdale 5th grade curriculum. For art, please see the focus topics for Fall months: https://k12.hillsdale.edu/getmedia/0fb481ce-812e-4830-a094-002e5222273f/5th-Grade-Map.pdf

I gotta say, that curriculum looks pretty good.  I can't speak to anything but literature and literacy, really, and the reading list is solid, full of classics, and includes Frederick Douglas.

Lotsa stuff here, so random responsa and observations in no necessary particular order of  importance:

1) 'classical' means different things... most of the schools in the 'classical' and especially the 'classical Christian' k12 school orbit do not really consider the Renaissance, and esp Renaissance art, the sort of 'classical' stuff they are emphasizing.  Some do not even do much art at all.   They rather consider things like ancient language study, rhetoric, logic, and the medieval Trivium to be of much greater import. 

2) I get that Michelangelo is not some scumbag perv on the net proffering kiddie porn.  Obviously.   That said, exactly what educational objective would be furthered by showing prepubescent children art that depicts full-on nudity in people, esp children?   There certainly is no tradition amongst evangelical protestantism for showing such images, or even for artists within these movements, for making them.