Algirdas Gaižutis

Algirdas Gaižutis (born October 17, 1941 in Subačius , Kupiškis district ) is a Lithuanian aesthetician , cultural scientist , professor.

Life

In 1945 his parents were deported to Siberia. After graduating from secondary school in Utena, Algirdas studied Lithuanian language and literature at Vilniaus universitetas from 1959 to 1961 . From 1961 to 1966 he studied philosophy and aesthetics at the Lomonossow University in Moscow , from 1966 to 1970 as an aspirant at the Chair of Aesthetics. In 1970 he received his doctorate and in 1984 he completed his habilitation on "Dvasinis kūrybinis menininko potencialas (kūrybos, psichologijos, meninio talento prigimties ir ugdymo problematika)".

From 1970 to 1985 he taught at the Vilniaus inžinerinis statybos institutas , from 2003 rector of the Vilniaus pedagoginis universitetas , in 2006 a member of the Seimas with Valstiečių ir Naujosios democijos partijų sąjunga .

2014 he was awarded by the University of Education Heidelberg the honorary doctorate awarded.

bibliography

• Menas ir humanizmas. Apie meninių vertybių prigimtį. V., 1979;
• Vaikystė ir grožis. K., 1982, 1988;
• Kūrybinė ir meninė galia. V., 1989;
• Kultūros vertybės ir erzacai. V., 1993;
• Art sociology // Meno sociologija, V., 1998;
• Menų giminystė. K., 1998;
• Žvilgsnis. K., 2001;
• Estetika tarp tobulumo ir mirties. V., 2004.
• Lietuvos mokslas. Kn. 42.
• Akademikas Algirdas Gaižutis. Su bibliografija, V., 2003.

literature

• Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija . VI tomas p. 335, Algirdas Gaižutis