希利尔讲艺术史

希利尔人文启蒙读本是欧美中小学人文素质教育的里程碑，是"在家教育"课程体系首创者代表作。抛开科学不论，历史、地理和艺术其实是孩子一生学识的基石：历史是时间的纵深，地理是空间上的广阔，艺术则是孩子心灵的寄托。在希利尔看来，绘画、雕塑这些艺术行为是人类的天性，是一种本能。只是后来我们有人把它遗忘了，这本书可以帮助孩子打开艺术之门，他把艺术分为绘画、雕塑和建筑三个门类，用最简单、通俗的语言，向孩子们介绍了世界艺术史上最著名的画作、雕塑作品和教堂等建筑，以及这些艺术作品背后那些伟大的艺术家们的故事。最重要的是，他用最浅显的语言告诉孩子们如何去欣赏一件艺术品，使他们长大后不至于看到一件艺术品时，只会说："噢，它真美！"维吉尔M.希利尔（Virgil Mores Hillyer，1875—1931），出生于美国马萨诸塞州，美国著名教育家。他毕业于哈佛大学，毕生从事中小学教育事业，是"在家教育"课程体系的创建者。他酷爱历史和艺术，喜欢旅行。他似乎有一种天生的好老师的特质：了解孩子们的成长心理，知道他们需要什么、怎样能让他们听懂。 希利尔认为，孩子们的阅读、写作和数学是基础，必须扎实。同时，学生们应该接受系统地历史、地理科学和艺术方面的教育，这样才能成为一个了解这个世界的全面型人才。 由于痛感传统教科书的枯燥无味，他立志为孩子们写一套读起来兴味盎然的历史、地理和艺术读物。这就是这套书的由来。(Hillyer's humanity primer series is a milestone in the liberal arts education for primary and middle school students, and a representative work of the founder of in-home tutoring course system. Aside from science, history, geography and art are the cornerstones of a life's learning for children: History is temporally deep, geography is spatially vast, and art is the solace of the mind. For Hillyer, activities like creating paintings and sculptures are innate nature and instinct of human beings. Only we have forgotten these basic instincts. This book can open the door to the world of art for children. He divides art into painting, sculpture and architecture. In most simple and plain words he introduced the most famous paintings, sculptures and architectures like churches, as well as the stories of great artists who masterminded these art pieces. Most important, he showed children how to appreciate these artworks with the plainest language, so that when they grow up the are able to say something more than "Oh it's so beautiful" before a work of art. Virgil Mores Hillyer (1875-1931), born in Massachusetts, U.S., was a renowned American educator. A Harvard graduate, he devoted all his life to education of primary and middle school children. He was also the founder of the curricular system of in-home tutoring. He had a passion for history and art, and was fond of travelling. He seemed to be a natural at teaching: he understood the mentality of children, what they want and how to make them understand. Hillyer believed that reading, writing and mathematics are the foundation of learning which have to be laid solid. Meanwhile students should be systematically educated in history, geography and art, so as to be a well-rounded person informed of facts of the world. Agonized by the boredom and mediocrity of conventional textbooks, he made a wish to write a collection of interesting history, geography and art books. This was how these books came into being.）