A Study of Johannes Itten's Art Education and its Actuality

Abstract

Johannes Itten's principle of art education is based on the sequence of experience, recognition and ability. His practice is recognized as the education through experience and the education towards the whole man. In this paper, I tried to find the actuality of Itten's art education. His concept of 'movement' is recognized as an important element of his artistic and educational activities. Because of the emphasis only on his spirituality, severance and the transfiguration of the ideology with Moholy-Nagy, who succeeded to the preliminary course after Itten's resignation, were pointed out. Through Itten's concept of movement and educational methodology, however, we can find the possibility of continuity to Moholy-Nagy's 'New Vision' and 'Vision in Motion'. Then, Itten's idea can be a base of motion expression in image media.