Thanks Carma for the suggestion. Very helpful.
Interestingly, ticking the case in-sensitive tick box shows an increased
use of 'Art and Design' over 'art and design' in the early 1960s. Neither
'Art' or 'Design' show as dramatic an increase.
Rob
Dr. Robert Harland | Lecturer in Visual Communication (Graphic Design) |
School of Arts, English and Drama | Loughborough University |
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/sota/staff/robert-harland/
On 20/03/2015 18:43, "Carma Gorman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Rob,
>
>I don't know the answer to your question, but Google n-grams confirms that
>the phrase "art and design" starts becoming noticeably more popular around
>1965-70, as you suggested.
>
>You might run the same n-gram search yourself, and then use the links
>below
>the graph to look at instances from Google Books results of that phrase's
>usage in earlier periods. (Or you could skip the n-gram search entirely,
>and just go straight to a Google Books phrase search, limiting your
>results
>to whatever period you wish.)
>
>
>
>
>
>CARMA GORMAN, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Assistant Chair
>The University of Texas at Austin | Department of Art and Art History
>+1 512-471-0901 | [log in to unmask]
>
>On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Robert Harland <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
>> Dear List
>>
>> I was intrigued to read recently a call back in 1988, from engineers,
>>for
>> 'art and design perspectives' on better understanding urban systems
>>(White
>> 1988: vi). It had me thinking about what this might mean.
>>
>>
>> Hence, I'm searching to determine if there is a formal definition of
>>'art
>> and design' as an adjoined term, and when 'art and design' emerged as a
>> more substantive term in academia. It's not in any of my dictionaries.
>>
>> It's often used in discussions (often on this list) about formal UK
>> education dating back to 1835, and the formation of Government Schools
>>of
>> Design. But it does not seem to really take hold until the 1960s, when
>>in
>> the UK it became possible to study for a three-year Diploma in Art and
>> Design, coinciding with changes in name from Schools/Colleges of Art to
>> Colleges of Art and Design (e.g. in Nottingham).
>>
>> Might anyone be aware of if and how the adjoined term 'art and design'
>>has
>> been used earlier, in or outside the UK, to represent a formal period of
>> study.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> Dr. Robert Harland | Lecturer in Visual Communication (Graphic Design) |
>> School of Arts, English and Drama | Loughborough University |
>> http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/sota/staff/robert-harland/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> White, R. M. (1988). "Preface", in J. H. Ausubel and R. Herman, (eds.),
>> Cities
>> and their Vital Systems. Washington: National Academy Press.
>>
>>
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