W artykule przedstawiono najważniejsze koncepcje wychowania estetycznego w Królestwie Polskim u schyłku XIX i na początku XX w. Analizie poddano zarówno znane już teksty pedagogów i teoretyków sztuki, jak i te, które dotychczas nie były przedmiotem badań historyczno-pedagogicznych. Ponieważ edukacja estetyczna stanowi jeden z zasadniczych kierunków nowoczesnego wychowania autorki przedstawiły związki między przemianami społeczno-kulturalnymi, typowymi dla nowoczesności w okresie fin de siècle’u a okolicznościami sformułowania ideału wychowawczego homo aestheticus. Ukazano zachodnioeuropejskie korzenie tego ideału i jego recepcję w polskim piśmiennictwie. Koncepcje i praktyczne sposoby realizacji wychowania estetycznego w rozprawach i prasie są ważnym elementem polskiej refleksji pedagogicznej na temat edukacji przez sztukę. Ich autorzy przekonywali do uniwersalnej wartości idei wychowania estetycznego i podkreślali jego znaczenie dla holistycznie rozumianej edukacji młodego pokolenia.

ABSTRACT

Concepts of Aesthetic Education in the Kingdom of Poland in the Era of Modernization Changes at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries

The article presents the most important concepts of aesthetic education in the Kingdom of Poland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The analysis covers both the already known texts of educators and art theorists, as well as those that have not been the subject of historical and pedagogical research so far. As aesthetic education is one of the main directions of modern education, the authors presented the relationship between the socio-cultural changes typical of modernity in the fin de siècle period and the circumstances of formulating the educational ideal of homo aestheticus. The Western European roots of this ideal and its reception in Polish literature are shown. Concepts and practical ways of implementing aesthetic education in dissertations and in the press are an important element of Polish pedagogical reflection on education through art. Their authors promoted the universal value of the idea of aesthetic education and emphasized its importance for the holistically understood education of the young generation.

The article presents the most important concepts of aesthetic education in the Kingdom of Poland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The analysis covers both the already known texts of educators and art theorists, as well as those that have not been the subject of historical and pedagogical research so far. As aesthetic education is one of the main directions of modern education, the authors presented the relationship between the socio-cultural changes typical of modernity in the fin de siècle period and the circumstances of formulating the educational ideal of homo aestheticus. The Western European roots of this ideal and its reception in Polish literature are shown. Concepts and practical ways of implementing aesthetic education in dissertations and in the press are an important element of Polish pedagogical reflection on education through art. Their authors promoted the universal value of the idea of aesthetic education and emphasized its importance for the holistically understood education of the young generation.