Aesthetics and Language Arts Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy that is concerned with concepts of value and beauty as they relate to the arts. Through aesthetic inquiry, students learn to understand art in a broad and fundamental way by investigating possible answers to basic questions people ask about art. Aesthetic issues are meaningful topics for both written and oral responses in the classroom. Puzzling questions about art offer opportunities for critical thinking as both written and oral responses should be supported by reasoned judgments. An Aesthetics Casebook by Margaret Battin, Johan Fisher, Ronald Moore, and Anita Silvers.
Students can also write different forms of literature or poetry based on their own artworks.
The Art of Storytelling and Narrative Art Telling stories is one way we recognize meaning in our lives and our relationship with the world around us. Storytellers are revered in many cultures and serve a number of functions in societies. Stories, whether written, oral, or visual, have characters, events, action, plot, sequence, dramatic, and purpose. For students, writing about artworks that tell stories and illustrating their own stories promotes imaginative and creative thinking. Computers, Art, and Language Arts Computers provide another tool to use for composing and publishing texts and graphic images in the classroom.