Applying the land art approach in the lower grades of primary school art lessons

Land art ili pejzažna umjetnost umjetnički je pravac nastao u kasnim 1960-im godinama u Europi i SAD-u. Radove nastale u land artu karakterizira minimalizam i njima umjetnici zagovaraju očuvanje okoliša te se raznim skulpturama i intervencijama želi ukazati čovječanstvu na moć prirode. Livada, pustinja, plaža, planina, cesta ili šuma samo su neka od mjesta na kojima interveniraju land art umjetnici te se radovi ne mogu prenijet u muzeje i galerije već se ostavljaju u prirodi. Cilj je ovog istraživanja utvrditi omogućuje li land art pristup učenicima uspješnu izradu likovnog problema te znanja i stavove učitelja razredne nastave o land artu. Istraživanje je provedeno u Osnovnoj školi „Matija Antun Reljković“ Cerna na uzorku od trinaest likovnih radova učenika prvog i četvrtog razreda. Analiza likovnih radova pokazala je da land art pristup omogućuje učenicima uspješno rješavanje likovnog problema. Nakon provedenog anketnog upitnika među pedeset trima učiteljima razredne nastave, utvrđeno je da učitelji većinom nisu upoznati s land art pristupom, no da imaju volju i želju za upoznavanjem s njegovim mogućnostima.Land art or landscape art is an artistic direction that originated in the late 1960s in Europe and United States. The works created in Land art are characterized by minimalism and with them artists advocate the protection of the environment, and with various sculptures and interventions they want to show humanity the power of nature. Meadow, desert, beach, mountain, road or forest are just some of the places where Land art artists intervene and the works cannot be transferred to museums and galleries but are left in nature. The goal of this research is to establish whether Land art access enables students to successfully create an art problem and the knowledge and attitudes of primary school teachers about Land art. The research was conducted at the elementary school „Matija Antun Reljković“ Cerna on a sample of thirteen art works by first and fourth grade students. The analysis of art work showed that the Land art approach enables students to successfully solve an art problem. After conducting a survey among fifty three primary school teachers, it was determined that most teachers are not familiar with the Land art approach, but that they have the will and desire to get acquainted with its possibilities