The research object of an introduction to art is human artistic activities, as well as related principles, categories, principles and methods.
Art has a narrow sense and a broad sense. In a broad sense, art includes literature as a language art. In this sense, art should include practical art (architecture, gardens, practical handicrafts, etc. ), plastic arts (painting, sculpture, photography, etc. ), performance art (music, dance, etc. ), comprehensive art (drama, opera, film, television, etc. ), and literature and art (poetry, prose, novels, etc. ). The narrow sense of art refers to other kinds of art besides language art, and the course "Introduction to Art" uses the broad sense of art concept.
Artistic activities refer to all artistic activities that human beings are engaged in, including artistic creation, artistic communication and artistic appreciation in various fields such as language art, practical art, plastic art, expressive art and comprehensive art, etc. Artistic creation, artistic communication and artistic appreciation have their own special principles, principles and methods. The interior of art can be divided into different categories, while the exterior of art has cultural factors and other social factors closely related to artistic activities. Art activity itself and its categories, laws, principles and methods are the research objects of art introduction.
Second, the nature of the discipline.
Introduction to art is a course to study the basic laws of artistic activities, and it is a scientific system aimed at expounding the basic nature of art, the system of artistic activities and the characteristics of artistic types.
Art activity is a long process of occurrence and development. With the emergence and enrichment of human aesthetic consciousness, artistic activities have become an important part of human social life. On the one hand, artistic creation is the result of the continuous integration and development of social aesthetic consciousness and material form, and at the same time, artistic activities are constantly enriching and upgrading the spiritual world and material life of human beings, so that human society has both a certain material life form and an artistic and aesthetic form that adapts to it. Artistic activities are full of strange phenomena and rich landscapes, and at the same time there are inherent laws. It is under the influence and restriction of various social and cultural factors that art develops step by step, following its own laws and characteristics, from low to high, from coarse to fine, from simple to complex. Studying the essence and characteristics of artistic activities, as well as its various principles and categories, is the need to promote the continuous enrichment and development of artistic activities.
In the study of art, art is an important subject system. Up to now, the emergence of art has only a history of more than one hundred years. Although a large number of artistic theories have appeared in Chinese and foreign history, and various departments of art have also produced extremely rich theoretical achievements, due to the limitations of the times, an artistic science system in the modern sense has never been formed. Until the end of 19, Konrad Fiedler, a German, strongly advocated that aesthetics and art should be separated, thinking that they should be two cross-cutting independent disciplines, marking the formal formation of art as an independent discipline. Federer is therefore called "the father of art". After him, Grosse of Germany focused on the establishment of art from methodology. His Origin of Art is one of the important works of art sociology. In addition, Dezova and Utiz of Germany strongly advocated the study of general art, which established the disciplinary position of art. In the 1920s and 1930s, Japan, the Soviet Union and other countries successively carried out research and discussion on art, and some translated works and works on art appeared in China, which marked that the study of art was more extensive and in-depth. In recent decades, art has made great progress in all countries of the world. However, compared with the literature research and art research of various departments in China, the study of general art is still a weak link. In particular, it is an urgent and arduous grand project that how to deeply explore the essence of China's national art, extensively learn from the excellent achievements of art research in other countries and form a Marxist art discipline with China characteristics.
Introduction to art is a course to study the basic laws of artistic activities, and it is a scientific system aimed at expounding the essence of art, the system of artistic activities and the characteristics of artistic types.
This course is different from the general art theory course. It does not introduce a certain art theory or elaborate various theoretical viewpoints of art research, but systematically introduces the basic knowledge and theory of art, and generally understands the basic nature of art, the systematic composition of artistic activities, the types and characteristics of art.
This course is also different from the general introduction to art history. It does not simply focus on the track of historical development and sort out, summarize and summarize the artistic creation and artistic research achievements of predecessors, but involves various art history materials in the course. Understanding the basic theoretical knowledge in Introduction to Art requires a certain knowledge of art history. Considering the learning needs in this area, we will provide some art history materials when expounding relevant theoretical viewpoints. At the same time, students are also required to add knowledge about important artists, works of art and important stages of art development in the history of Chinese and foreign art in addition to the teaching materials.
This course is also different from the general art appreciation course. Its focus is not on the evaluation and appreciation of works, but on the systematic exposition of basic knowledge and basic theory. The analysis and explanation of specific works in the course are closely combined with the systematic exposition of basic theories.
Therefore, learning this course needs to accumulate some knowledge about art history and appreciation of works, but it still needs to focus on mastering the basic theoretical knowledge of art.