The Study Of Chinese Fine Art Education In The Period Of 1912-1949

The first half of twentieth Century, the end of the Qing dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China (1912-1949) was facing the endless energetic reforms, in pace with the disintegration of the feudal dynasty and "the western culture spread to the east" trend, the modern fine art education began to make its first faint show, accordingly the Chinese fine art talent cultivation broke its own way from the traditional pattern to the modern forms. During a masters peopled in endlessly during 1912-1949, the Chinese fine art education was facing the transforming challenges from the traditional art to the modern art periods, trying to explore the new space and developmental method to inherit the advantages from the traditional fine art education and localize and reference the sparkles from the western fine art education. Therefore, the fine art education in the Republican Period took a huge success in the Chinese fine art education history ever since. The thesis studies the fine art talent cultivation in the Republic of China(1912-1949) as the main target, based on the pedagogy, fine arts and history disciplines, comprehensively applied with the historical literature study, the comparison study and the individual case-file study to restore the fine art education history itself. The thesis is focus on the further study of the fine art talent cultivation in the Republican Period on the idea, the target, the method, the means, the management and evaluate system. how the fine art education adapted with the mainstream fine art during the Republican Period is the key point of the thesis. Among the fine art education system the fine art talent cultivation is the priority, with the study carried on it would show strong impact to the modern fine art education, beneficial to the modern fine art education principles and practice and set a referential historical coordination for the present.The thesis will be revealed in these seven parts:the social background of the fine art education cultivation in the Republican Period; the history review of cultivation system of the fine art education in the Republican Period; the leading idea and the drives of the fine art talent cultivation; the system and mechanism of the fine art talent cultivation in the Republic of China(1912-1949); the professional curriculum system; the teaching principles and methods of the fine art major in the Republican Period and the experience and inspirations concluded from the fine art education in the Republican Period. The closure part is mainly concludes the lessons learned from the cultivation ideas and targets, cultivation system, faculties development, curriculum system, cultivation pattern etc. in the Republican Period. The thesis studies covered the period of 1912-1949, but the year from 1912-1937 is the essential part to focus on. The key core of the study is based on summary the experiences and historical facts from the fine art cultivation during the Republican Period, especially discuss about the main factors which had been promoted the whole Chinese fine art education industry in those days, such as the opinions and ideas from the remarkable educationists, thinkers, artists; cleared the overall context of the fine art education development; analyzed the features; conducted with the experiences, meantime to pointed out the historical limitations for the references and creations of the modem fine art education theory and practice. Therefore, how the fine art education adapted with the mainstream fine art during the Republican Period is the key point of the thesis. Among the fine art education system the fine art talent cultivation is the priority, with the study carried on it would show strong impact to the modem fine art education, beneficial to the modem fine art education principles and practice and set a referential historical coordination for the presentDue to the personal theoretical standard and the complexity of all the objective factors, the thesis wouldn’t be good enough to represent the whole historical context of the fine art education history development in the Republican Period, the experiences conclusion of the fine art talent cultivation, the exploration of the specialty principles of the fine art talent cultivation deeply and thoroughly. Those are the improvements need to be fulfill in the future studies.