Peking University Art Institute, formerly known as Peking University Art Department, was founded in 1997.
On June 65438+1October 1 1 day, 2006, Peking University decided to establish an art college on the basis of the art department.
There are 24 teachers in the Art College, including professors 12, associate professors 12, lecturers 1 and 6 postdoctoral students.
Peking University was founded in 1898 (the 24th year of Guangxu). At that time, it was called Shi Jing University Hall. 1965438+In May 2002, Shi Jing University Hall was renamed Peking University. 1917 65438+1October 4th, Mr. Cai Yuanpei became the president of Peking University. As early as 19 12, when Mr. Cai became the education chief of the interim government, he published the Opinions on Education Policy, emphasizing the importance of aesthetic education. After Mr. Cai became president of Peking University, he began to vigorously promote aesthetic education. On the one hand, he personally set up an aesthetics course in Peking University, and set about compiling the General Theory of Aesthetics. On the other hand, the painting research society, calligraphy research society and music research society were organized in Peking University (the painting research society and calligraphy research society were merged into the plastic arts research society in August of 1922, and the music research society was established in June of 65432. Thanks to Mr. Cai Yuanpei's efforts, Peking University has become a university with a strong artistic atmosphere and soon became the center of aesthetic education and art education in China. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, Yanyuan Painting and Calligraphy Association came into being. President Li Zhimin led the vast number of book and painting friends to rise to the occasion, carry forward the past and create new glories. In the past 20 years, both talents and achievements have been harvested, winning another shareholder style.
It is from Mr. Cai Yuanpei's appointment as president of Peking University that Peking University has formed a tradition of attaching importance to aesthetic education and art education, and attaching importance to aesthetic research and art research. This is an extremely precious tradition.
First, Peking University's art education has a distinctive humanistic color and is highly academic.
Peking University's art education has a clear ideological guidance from the beginning, which is Mr. Cai Yuanpei's aesthetic education thought. Therefore, Peking University's art education has a distinct humanistic color. At the beginning, the purpose of the Music Research Association of Peking University was to "study music and cultivate temperament". 1920+00 revised its articles of association in June, and its purpose was changed to "study music and develop aesthetic education". Aesthetic education is humanistic education. Humanistic education is oriented to people's spiritual world and cultural world. The connotations of the spiritual world and the cultural world are the world of meaning and the world of value. Therefore, Peking University's art education did not stop at the technical level from the beginning, but consciously guided students to pursue a more meaningful and valuable life and to pursue the perfection of life.
This is a very important tradition. The history of Chinese and foreign education proves that if a university attaches great importance to art education and its art education is rich in humanistic connotation and color, then the students it cultivates are always more energetic, creative and enterprising, with a broader mind and vision, a deeper life experience, a healthier personality and a higher spiritual realm.
In connection with this, Peking University's art education shows a strong academic nature. This is manifested in two aspects.
On the one hand, it is under the advocacy of Mr. Cai Yuanpei that Peking University attaches great importance to the study of aesthetic theory, because aesthetics is the soul of art education. At that time, Mr. Deng Yizhe taught aesthetics. Later, two aesthetic masters, Mr. Zhu Guangqian and Mr. Zong Baihua, successively went to Peking University to teach. This makes Peking University's art education have academic and theoretical support, and has formed an advantage on the metaphysical level. This is very important.
On the other hand, the teachers who have been engaged in art education in Peking University for a long time are mostly scholars, scholar artists or scholar artists with profound cultural literacy. We can give a few examples.
For example, Mr. Deng Yizhe (1892- 1973). He is the fifth grandson of Deng, a great calligrapher in Qing Dynasty. His own official script and seal script have reached a high level. At the same time, he is a philosopher, aesthete and connoisseur of painting and calligraphy. He used to be the head of the Department of Philosophy in Peking University, and taught aesthetics, selected readings of aesthetic masterpieces, history of western art and other courses for a long time. He has written academic works such as Calligraphy Appreciation, Exploration of Painting Theory and Interpretation of Six Methods. He is both a scholar and an artist, a scholar-type artist.
Another example is Mr. Xiao (1884- 1940). He studied in Japan and Germany successively, studying not only music, but also philosophy and pedagogy. He received his Ph.D. from Leipzig University, and his doctoral thesis was titled "Examination of Ancient Musical Instruments in China" (19 16). 192 1 year, Cai Yuanpei hired him to teach in Peking University. At the same time, he has two positions, one is a lecturer in philosophy department, and the other is a tutor of music research institute (later, he is the academic director of music research institute). In addition to teaching, organizing and conducting orchestras, he also composed nearly 100 songs, such as "Moonlit Night on the Spring River", as well as large chorus, cello and orchestra. At the same time, he also compiled a large number of piano textbooks, violin textbooks and other teaching materials, and wrote theoretical works such as Harmony and Acoustics, Research on General Music and theoretical articles such as Comparative Study of China Music. Mr. Xiao is a scholar and artist, and a scholar-type artist.
Another example is Mr. Chen Shiceng (1876- 1923, also known as Brother Heng). Grandfather Chen Baozhen is the governor of Hunan, father Chen is a famous poet and brother Chen Yinque is a famous historian. His family background made him lay an extremely deep foundation of Chinese studies since he was a child, and he made great achievements in landscape, flowers and birds, seal cutting and so on. He has also written academic papers such as The Value of Literati Painting. He has a deep friendship with Qi Baishi, and his artistic thoughts have a great influence on Qi Baishi. He advised Qi Baishi to come up with new ideas and pushed him to start the "declining year reform". He has also made great achievements in art education, including Wang Xuetao, Wang Ziyun, Li Kuchan, Liu Kaiqu, Yu Jianhua and others. Mr. Chen Shiceng is also a scholar and an artist, a scholar-type artist.
Another example is Mr. Shen (1883- 197 1). Everyone knows that he is a great calligrapher. He studied Ou Yangxun first, then Chu Suiliang, and became the second king in his later years, which had a great influence. But he is also a scholar. As early as 19 13, he was hired as a professor of Chinese Department in Peking University and participated in the editing of New Youth magazine. His ancient poems are fresh and elegant, and they are also highly respected. Mr. Shen is a scholar and calligrapher, a scholar calligrapher. Mr. Ji Xianlin once expounded "Scholar's Calligraphy". Mr. Ji said: "Literati calligraphy not only stresses the elegance and integrity of calligraphy, but also requires calligraphy to have profound cultural implications. Literati calligraphy is not only art but also culture, and it is also the beautification and culture of Chinese characters by literati. From the literati's calligraphy works, we can see the literati's cultural accomplishment and broad vision. " "Scholar's Calligraphy" is a subject worth studying. In the history of Peking University for more than 100 years, many famous scholars are calligraphers. Their profound knowledge and accomplishment make their calligraphy works have profound cultural implications as Mr. Ji said, thus having special aesthetic value.