China Academy of Art (Chinese: ??????), also translated as China National Academy of Fine Arts, is a fine arts college under the direct charge of the Ministry of Culture of China. It was founded in Hangzhou in 1928 by the government of the Republic of China and the renowned educator Cai Yuanpei. It was the first art university and first graduate school in Chinese history. It is a Chinese Ministry of Education Double First Class Discipline University, with Double First Class status in certain disciplines.
At the time, China Academy of Art's goal was to promote fine arts education as a replacement for religion in the then war-torn China. Fine arts has been held as equal to a religion at the institution for almost eight decades. The academy has many renowned artists in its alumni and is considered one of the most prestigious art institutions in the country. It is colloquially called Guomei (??).
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Introduction
China Academy of Art is the most influential academy of fine arts with the most complete range of degree offerings and programs of study in China. It houses a diverse pool of artistic talent, has a distinctive structure integrating theory and practice, focuses on human care and social needs, and combines modern technical and cultural disciplines with traditional artistic ones. The academy features the study of theories and offering Ph.D., Master's and bachelor's degrees of fine arts, design,architecture, film and new media, which constitute the humanities and reflect the Chinese national spirit and creative theories of the era.
There are 7,000 undergraduate and graduate students in three campuses with a faculty and staff of 800. The administration is headquartered in the Nanshan Campus, which is on the West Lake in Hangzhou. Students in the Master's program live on the alternate campus 40 minutes away, on the outskirts of Hangzhou. A free bus is offered to transport students to and from the campus from the dorms at designated times.
Undergraduate students typically spend one year in general education courses in the Department of Foundation and then three years in the core courses of their particular majors. Graduate courses are typically three years long and include experience in the studio and research with mentoring faculty.
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History
In 1928, the National Academy of Art (?????) was founded in China on the bank of the West Lake in Hangzhou by the educator Cai Yuanpei with Lin Fengmian. It was administrated by Yi Tingbai and Zhuang ziman during the 1940s. Over the decades, the location of the academy has changed ten times; its name changed six times, as follows:
- 1928 - National Academy of Art (?????)
- National Academy of Art was the first Chinese art university and graduate school
- 1929 - National Hangzhou School of Art (??????????)
- The Western painting department was divided into several studios, most of which practiced modern, semiabstract styles. The atmosphere was very similar to an American art college in its freedom of expression. After the second year of their five-year program, students chose a studio in which to continue their studies. Lin Fengmian advocated a synthesis of Chinese and modern Western art, and insisted that students not emulate his work but develop their own styles. Among the other professors, Wu Dayu taught late impressionist and cubist styles; Fang Ganmin was influenced by Cubism; and Guan Liang taught a style derived from the Fauves. Although the students were strictly trained in academic drawing, they were encouraged to be free and creative.
- 1938 - National School of Art (????????)
- The War of Resistance Against Japan broke out, National Peping School of Art merged into National Hangzhou School of Art, a new national school formed.
- 1945 - After the Japanese surrender in 1945, the Academy had been reestablished in Hangzhou with the Chinese painter Pan Tianshou as director.
- The establishment of the People's Republic of China saw a shift in the government's attitude to and policy on art and artistic education. Many of the senior faculty of the then National Academy of Art, particularly practitioners of modern Western art, failed to understand or refused to accept the revolutionary ideologies and principles. Many, including Lin Fengmian, Fang Ganmin, Wu Dayu and Guan Liang, gradually drifted back to Shanghai. Others, including the traditionalist Pan Tianshou, were reassigned to minor administrative positions, no longer permitted to teach. Lin Fengmian applied for permission to leave China but was refused. The vacant teaching positions were soon filled with fresh graduates who had successfully mastered revolutionary styles and principles.
- 1950 - East China Campus of Central Academy of Fine Arts (??????????)
- after Chinese Civil War, CPC (?????) controlled mainland China and founded a new art academy CAFA in Beijing to cement Beijing's new capital position. As a national academy founded by the KMT (?????) government, CAA was ordered change its name to East China Campus of CAFA. CAA changed its name, but did not merge with CAFA; the two academies possess independent personalities and are not be subordinate to one another.
- similar circumstances were Shanghai Conservatory of Music (??????), whose first name was National Conservatory of Music (?????), Shanghai Theater Academy(??????)were ordered change their names into East China Campus of central academies.
- 1958 - Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (??????)
- 1993 - China Academy of Art (??????)
- China National Academy of Fine Arts, called China Academy of Art for short on November 16, with the endorsement of the Ministry of Culture, PRC. Finally, CAA rehabilitated its national appellation.
Campuses
- Nanshan Campus, 218 Nanshan Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou
- Zhangjiang Campus, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Pudong New District, Shanghai
- Xiangshan Central Campus, Zhuantang Sub-district, Xihu (West Lake) District, Hangzhou (Its south part was moved to current location in 2007 from Xihuan Road, Binjiang District.)
Colleges and departments
Nanshan Campus
The School of Fine Arts (??????)
- Department of Chinese Painting (????)
- Department of Calligraphy (???)
- Department of Oil Painting (???)
- Department of Print-making (???)
- Department of Sculpture (???)
The School of Intermedia Art ([SIMA], ?????)
- Open Media Lab (???????)
- Embodied Media Studio(???????)
- Total Art Studio (???????)
- Installation & Narrative Environment Studio(????????)
- Experimental Image Studio (???????)
The Advanced School of Art and Humanities (??????)
- Department of Art History and Theories (?????)
- Department of Visual Culture (?????)
- Department of Art Curation and Administration (????????)
- Department of Archaeology and Museology (????????)
Zhangjiang Campus
The Shanghai School of Design (??????)
- Department of Architectural and Environmental Art Design (??????????)
- Department of Visual Communication Design (???????)
- Department of Muti-media and Web Design (????????)
- Department of Industrial Design (?????)
- Department of Fashion Design (?????)
- Department of Urban Landscape Plastic Art Design (?????????)
- Department of Digital Publishing and Exhibition Design(?????????)
Xiangshan Central Campus
The School of Design (??????)
- Department of Graphic Design (?????)
- Department of Industrial Design (?????)
- Department of Fashion & Textile Design (????????)
- Department of Comprehensive Design (?????)
- Department of Art Design (??????)
The School of Architectural Art (??????)
- Department of Architectural Art (?????)
- Department of Urban Design (?????)
- Department of Environmental Art (?????)
- Department of Landscape Design (?????)
Public Art Institute (??????) (a private sub-college)
- Department of Art Education (?????)
- Department of Murals Art (?????)
- Department of Ceramics and Arts and Crafts (????????)
- Department of Public Art (???????)
Media and Animation Institute (??????)
- Department of Photographics (???)
- Department of Animation (???)
- Department of Online Games (?????)
- Department of Film, Video and Advertising (?????)
Other colleges
- The College of International Education (??????), at the Nanshan Campus
- The College of Adult Education or 'The College of Continuing Education' (??????/??????),on Puyan Road,Binjiang District
- The Vocational College of Art Design (????)
Notable alumni
- Lin Fengmian
- Fang Ganmin
- Yi Tingbai
- Xiao Chuanjiu
- Huang Binhong, Chinese painting master
- Pan Tianshou, Chinese painting master
- Liu Kaiqu
- Li Kuchan
- Li Keran
- Dong Xiwen
- Wang Shikuo
- Beohar Rammanohar Sinha, modernist painter from India
- Wu Guanzhong
- Sha Menghai, calligrapher
- Zao Wou-Ki, Chinese-French modernist painter
- Chu Teh-Chun, Chinese-French modernist painter
- Luo Gongliu
- Wang Shu, first Chinese architect to receive the Pritzker Prize.
- Ying Miao, internet artist
- Sun Xun, visual artist
See also
- Chinese fine art
References
External links
- China Academy of Art
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