Artistic Sign and Aesthetic Education in Vigotski

Abstract

This paper discusses, in the light of cultural-historical theory, the role of artistic sign in aesthetic education. It emphasizes the concept of sign, aesthetic perception, expression, artistic creation, and human development. Theoretically and methodologically, it dialogues with Vigotski and with two art researchers: the first one carried out semi-structured interviews with professional artists, and the second one organized rounds of conversations, at school, with children of literacy age. The theoretical and practical discussion carried out in this paper allows us to think about elements for aesthetic education in connection with the concept of artistic sign, and indicates possibilities of organizing arts in education, as aesthetic education, in order to potentiate the human cultural development.