David Bell is the Lead Teacher in Art Education at the University of Otago College of Education. His research and teaching interests also embrace the theory and history of art in Japan. He has drawn on these complementary interests to develop a number of presentations on art learning, aesthetics and culture including the conference paper Learning and Invention in Hokusai. Recent book publications include Explaining Ukiyo-e and Hokusai’s Project, both investigations into the aesthetic phenomenon of ukiyo-e, the ‘floating world pictures’ of Japan.
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The Arts in Society
