Adults use art to express their emotion, their inner feeling, and their creativity. Not only ado they use it to express themselves, but children also use art to tell stories. Stories that cannot be told by words, stories that can only be painted. Artists show their sensitivity, their tastes through art, but each individual will perceive it in a different way. Through the child’s eyes, the meaning of art can be easily simple or extraordinary complex. In the articles “Children with Disabilities: Constructing Metaphors and Meanings through Art” by Claudia Saldaña and “Where Does It Come From? Developmental Aspects of Art Appreciation” by Alfred Schabmann, Gernot Gerger, Barbara M. Schmidt, Eva Wo¨gerer, Igor Osipov, and Helmut Leder, two …show more content…
Saldaña’s essay focuses primarily on how art, as a semiotic tool, transforms children with disabilities. She talks about the importance of understanding how children respond to art through the diverse disciplines and the development of the practice routines. Her study also identifies the necessity to continue researching the area of art, semiotics, and children with disabilities. Schabmann, Gerger, Schmidt, Wo¨gerer, Osipov, and Leder’s essay contain the analysis of how aesthetic appreciation develops based on different age group. Each age group will perceive a particular art style a lot better than others. Both articles address strong point-views for their respective sides. However, Schabmann, Gerger, Schmidt, Wo¨gerer, Osipov, and Leder’s essay offer statistics, the rhetorical strategies render of their essay are more relatable to general audience.
First of all, Saldaña focuses mainly on teacher’s perception of the important of art for disability young adults and children. She attempts to establish pathos in order to gain emotion from her respective