Art education is an aesthetic education activity with literature, music and art as its artistic means and content. An important part of aesthetic education. The task is to cultivate aesthetic concepts, appreciation and creativity. Cultivate the ability of appreciation, supplemented by creativity, so that the educated can learn aesthetic knowledge in the practice of appreciating excellent works of art and form the content of aesthetic ability;

1, art knowledge, including art theory, art criticism and art history.

2, art appreciation ability, including feeling and appreciating the ideological and artistic quality of works of art. ..

3. Artistic creation, including the conception and expressive ability of creating 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. In a narrow sense, "art education" can be understood as various theoretical and practical education to train artists or professional artistic talents, such as various professional art colleges, drama colleges to train screenwriters, directors and actors, and music colleges to train composers, singers and instrumentalists.

The core of art education

First, rational quality: it is the fundamental ability of people to acquire knowledge, analyze problems and solve problems; Extensive and solid knowledge, clear and rigorous logic and active thinking are its constituent elements. It is the fundamental force for human beings to conquer nature and create material civilization. Its activity field is science, and its essential strength is the pursuit of truth.

Second, perceptual quality: first, people's ability to feel the world, experience the happiness of life and the beauty of nature; Secondly, this quality has produced people's needs and requirements for a good perceptual environment. Its constituent elements are sensitive experience ability and the requirement for good perceptual experience. It is the fundamental motive force for human beings to beautify the living environment and create art.