Thomas Munro (art historian)
Thomas Munro (1897 in Omaha, Nebraska – April 14, 1974 in Sarasota, Florida) was an American philosopher of art and professor of art history at Western Reserve University. He served as Curator of Education for the Cleveland Museum of Art for 36 years (1931–67).
He was educated at Amherst College (B.A. 1916) and Columbia University (M.A. 1917), where he was influenced by philosopher and educator John Dewey. Munro served as a sergeant with the psychological services of the Army Medical Corps before returning to Columbia to get his Ph.D.
Notable roles
- Visiting professor of modern art at the University of Pennsylvania (1924–27)
- Member of the philosophy faculty at Rutgers University (1928–31)
- Founder in 1942 of the American Society for Aesthetics
- Editor (1945–64) of the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
Publications
- (1928) The Scientific Method in Aesthetics.
- (1941) Knowledge and Control in the Field of Aesthetics, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism Vol. 1, No. 1
- (1949) The Arts and Their Interrelations
- Art Education: Its Philosophy and Psychology: Selected Essays. New York: Liberal Arts Press. 1956. OCLC 332730 – via Internet Archive. (fulltext)
- (1963) Evolution in the Arts, and Other Theories of Culture History
- (1960) The Creative Arts in American Education: The Interrelation of the Arts in Secondary Education Harvard University Press
- (1965) Oriental Aesthetics
- (1969) Art and Violence Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
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