ABSTRACT
Sensitivity to words is part of pedagogy at large. … But words—correct words—are also indispensable to the teaching of art. Critical judgment, appreciation, stylistic analysis, disputations about taste, historical comparisons, and efficient instruction itself depend on the appropriate use of words. Indeed … the benefits of teaching art to the young will consist mainly in the pleasure that comes of being able to see and hear works of art more sharply and subtly, more consciously, to register that pleasure in words, and compare notes with other people similarly inclined.
