Cai Yuanpei And The Historical Investigation Of China 's Early Design Education

The period of the Republic of China Cai Yuanpei on China education system reform and the utilitarian education, occupation education, "aesthetic" and advocated female education advocates design education development. Cai Yuanpei in the utilitarian education, occupation, education, women education of "aesthetic education" concept and practice, has established a modern education system, which greatly promoted the development of design education Chinese, make the design education China formed every stage of education are the professional system. In all of the types in terms of higher education the most prominent contribution. In 1918 the establishment of the national art school in Beijing and was founded in 1928 in Hangzhou under his proposal as the representative of the National Academy of art. The two National Academy of art was not only in art, sculpture, this kind of pure art education field, and jointly promote the related design education in the arts and crafts and design the field of school education at that time. One aspect of the national art college founded directly reflected his "aesthetic education" thought and educational thought; on the other hand, as institutions of higher art education nationwide, the school of Arts and crafts pattern became(Design) in higher education research laboratory established the rudiment, prompted the design to analyze road scientifically and rationally, lay the design in the foundation of higher education. So far, the two art design education colleges are at the forefront of the times, and the beginning of the establishment of its pioneering "have a great relationship pattern". This paper focuses on Cai Yuanpei’s theory of education and aesthetic education, aesthetic theory and his educational practice activities, and to design related aspects of the education, and history of design education. Aiming at the subjective factors of design education development to explore through the investigation of the case of Cai Yuanpei at the end of the Qing Dynasty under the environment and objective factors, the emergence and structure design of the education system, the design of access channels and characteristics in the field of higher education, trying to explore the different types of entrance education(focused on art education and design education).