Art education is an important part of aesthetic education. The task is to cultivate aesthetic concepts, appreciation and creativity. Cultivate appreciation ability, supplemented by creativity, so that the educated can learn aesthetic knowledge and form aesthetic ability in the practice of appreciating excellent works of art.
Content: Art knowledge, including art theory, art criticism and art history; Art appreciation, including the ability to feel and appreciate the ideological and artistic quality of works of art; Artistic creation includes the ability to conceive and express artistic works. Art education is to improve people's feelings and understanding of beauty and cultivate artistic expression and creativity.
Art education must carry out necessary technical training, not only to spread knowledge, feel and appreciate music, but to master certain skills. In contemporary society, "art education" has two different meanings and contents. The narrow sense of "art education" can be understood as various theoretical and practical education to train artists or professional artistic talents.
For example, all kinds of professional art colleges are like this. Drama Academy trains screenwriters, directors and actors, while Conservatory of Music trains composers, singers and instrumentalists. Broadly speaking, "art education" is the core of aesthetic education, and its fundamental purpose is to cultivate all-round people, not professional artists.
In contemporary society, people's lives are more or less related to art, such as reading novels, watching movies, listening to music and enjoying paintings.