Required reading for students of the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts

Chen Tong’s recommended book list for the Oil Painting Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

1. For students who have been exposed to modern and contemporary literature and art, but feel a little confused in their thinking, you can read The following works:

1. Adorno: "Aesthetic Theory", Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House (A)

2. Toynbee et al.: "The Future of Art", Hebei Education Press (A)

3. Robbe-Grillet: "For a New Novel", Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House (A)

4. De Duve: "The Name of Art", Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House (B)

5. Bourdieu: "Free Communication", Sanlian Bookstore (C)

6. Sontag: "Against Interpretation", Shanghai Translation Publishing House (A)

2. Students who are concerned about cultural forms can read the following works:

7. Said: " "Culture and Imperialism", Sanlian Bookstore (A)

8. Sontag: "On Photography", Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House (A)

9. "Memorandum for the Next Millennium", Liaoning Education Press (C)

10. Bourdieu: "The Successor", The Commercial Press (B)

11. "Contradiction", Sanlian Bookstore (A)

12. Zhan Mingxin: "The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism", Sanlian Bookstore (B)

13. Zhan Mingxin: "Pleasure: Culture" and Politics", China Social Sciences Press (B)

3. Students who meet the above two needs but are unwilling to make reading become hard labor can choose to read the following works:

14. Cabane: "Interview with Duchamp", Guangxi Normal University Press (A)

15. Barthes: "Roland Barthes' Autobiography", Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House (B)

16． Edited by Du Xiaozhen and Zhang Ning: "Derrida's Lectures in China", Central Translation and Translation Press (C)

17. Nabokov: "Stubbornly Opinion", Times Literature and Art Publishing House (B)

4. Students studying art must read works on art history. In addition to "general history", they should also understand "historiography" Works on "History", "Historical Methods" and other aspects:

18. Gombrich: "Art and Illusion", Hunan Science and Technology Press (A)

19. Vasari: "Biography of Famous People", Hubei Fine Arts Publishing House/China Renmin University Press (A)

20. Gombrich: "Ideals and Idols", Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House (B)

21. Gombrich: "History of the Development of Art" (or "The Story of Art"), Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House (Sanlian Bookstore) (A)

22. Wolflin: "Classical Art", China Renmin University Press (B)

23. Shao Hong: "Concepts of Art History", China Academy of Art Press (C)

24. Fan Jingzhong, ed.: "The Shape of Art History", China Academy of Art Press (B)

5. The following two books may allow you to enter art history more easily:

< p>25． Gombrich: "Art and Science", Zhejiang Photography Publishing House (B)

26. Cao Yiqiang: "Art and History", China Academy of Art Press (C)

6. Philosophy books are very difficult to read, and it is also very difficult to list books. The books listed below are only because of their The authors have a greater influence on contemporary thought, and the translations of these books are relatively easy to find in bookstores:

27. Heidegger: "The Road in the Forest", Shanghai Translation Publishing House (C)

28. Pascal: "Thoughts", The Commercial Press (B)

29. Wittgenstein: "Philosophical Research", Shanghai Century Publishing Group (B)

30. Popper: "Conjectures and Refutations", China Academy of Art Press (B)

31. Russell: "History of Western Philosophy", The Commercial Press (A)

32. Deleuze: "Time-Image", Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House (C)

7. If you want to gain a more comprehensive and comprehensive understanding of the process of thought and cultural change, you can read the following selections:

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33． Edited by Wu Lifu: "Selected Western Literary Theory", Shanghai Translation Publishing House (C) △

34. Edited by Wang Fengzhen: "The Latest Selected Western Literary Essays", China Social Sciences Press (C) △

8. Anthropology, sociology, politics, and economics do not seem to have much to do with art. This understanding is extremely one-sided.

You can choose from the following types of works in these areas:

35. Foucault: "The Archeology of Knowledge", Joint Publishing House (B)

36. Lévi-Strauss: "Structural Anthropology", Shanghai Translation Publishing House (B) △

37. Marx: "Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844", People's Publishing House (A)

38. Fei Xiaotong: "Jiangcun Economy", The Commercial Press (C)

39. Schumacher: "Small is Beautiful", The Commercial Press (A) △

9. Literary works are very important for activating people's imagination. It is impossible to list 1,000 works specifically for this purpose. Reflecting the richness of literature, the following 12 works can only be said to be partial and comprehensive, but in general they can help students get into "contemporary literature".

40. Edgar Allan Poe: "The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe", Joint Publishing House (A)

41. Proust: "In Search of Lost Time", Shanghai Translation Publishing House (A)

42. Kafka: "The Castle", Shanghai Translation Publishing House (A)

43. Flaubert: "Madame Bovary", People's Literature Publishing House (A)

44. Camus: "The Outsider", Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House (A)

45. Borges: "The Complete Works of Borges", Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House (A)

46. Robbe-Grillet: "Selected Works of Robbe-Grillet", Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House (A)

47. Nabokov: "Lolita", Yilin Publishing House (A)

48. Eco: "The Name of the Rose", Writers Press (B)

49. Tucson: "Hesitating "TV" Self-Portrait", Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House (B)

50. Ashnoz: "The Tall Blonde", Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House (B)

The above 50 kinds of books basically do not include works on Chinese culture. This work is left to those who are more familiar with Chinese culture and Teachers with academic history will do it.

Recommended by: Chen Tong

November 15, 2004