The Dialogical Nature of Iwona Chmielewska’s Picturebooks – Aesthetic and Pedagogical Context

Abstract

The issue of art for children as a subject of research has a tradition dating back to the beginnings of the aesthetic-pedagogical movement in Europe. One of the contemporary examples of art for children is the picturebook. As an artefact of visual culture, it fts in particularly well with the current issues of aesthetic education for children. The aim of the presented interpretation is to identify the attributes of Iwona Chmielewska’s work that are important in the context of a child’s encounter with art. The unique form of the phenomenon described, inherent to works of art, responds to the child’s natural characteristics and ofers them full participation in co-creating the work.