All art majors will take "Introduction to Art". What is the research object of this course?

1. Research object

The research object of Introduction to Art is human artistic activities, as well as related principles, categories, principles and methods.

Art can be divided into narrow sense and broad sense. Broadly speaking, art includes literature as language art. In this sense, art should include practical arts (architecture, gardening, practical crafts, etc.), plastic arts (painting, sculpture, photography, etc.), expressive arts (music, dance, etc.), comprehensive arts (drama, opera, movies, etc.) television, etc.), and literature and art (poetry, prose, novels, etc.). Art in the narrow sense refers specifically to other types of art other than language arts. The introduction to art course uses a broad concept of art.

Art activities refer to all artistic behaviors engaged in by human beings, including artistic creation, art communication, art appreciation and other activities in various fields such as language arts, practical arts, plastic arts, expressive arts, comprehensive arts, etc. Art activities such as art creation, art communication, and art appreciation have their own special principles, principles, and methods. The interior of art can be divided into different categories. The exterior of art has cultural factors and other social factors that are closely related to art activities. The artistic activities themselves, the categories, laws, principles, methods, etc. of artistic activities are all the research objects of the introduction to art.

2. Nature of the subject

Introduction to Art is a course that studies the basic laws of art activities. It is a scientific system that aims to explain the basic nature of art, the system of art activities and the characteristics of art types. .

Art activities are a long process of occurrence and development. With the generation 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 forms. At the same time, artistic activities are also constantly enriching and improving human spiritual world and material life, allowing human society to have a certain material life form. , and also has corresponding artistic and aesthetic forms. Art activities are full of strange phenomena and rich landscapes, and at the same time have inherent laws. It is under the influence and restriction of various social factors and cultural factors that art develops step by step from low-level to high-level, from crude to refined, and from simple to complex, following its own laws and characteristics. Studying the nature and characteristics of artistic activities, as well as its various principles and categories, is exactly the need to promote the continuous enrichment and development of artistic activities.

In art scientific research, art science is an important subject system. So far, the emergence of art science only has a history of more than a hundred years. Although there have been a large number of art theories in Chinese and foreign history, and various departments of art have extremely rich theoretical achievements, due to the limitations of the times, a scientific system of art in the modern sense has never been formed. Until the end of the 19th century, Germany's Konrad Federer strongly advocated the distinction between aesthetics and art, believing that they should be two intersecting but independent disciplines, marking the formal formation of art as an independent discipline. Federer is also known as the "Father of Art". After him, Germany's Grosse focused on establishing art science methodologically. His "The Origin of Art" is one of the important works on the sociology of art. In addition, Germany's Disois and Utiz vigorously advocated the study of general art and established the disciplinary status of art. In the 1920s and 1930s, Japan, the Soviet Union and other countries successively carried out research and discussion on art, and some translations and books on art also appeared in our country, marking that the research on art became more extensive and in-depth. In recent decades, art studies have made great progress in various countries around the world. However, compared with the study of literature and the study of art in various departments in our country, the study of general art is still a weak link. In particular, it is an urgent and arduous grand project to deeply explore the essence of Chinese national art and widely draw on the outstanding achievements of art research in various countries around the world to form a Marxist art discipline with Chinese characteristics.

Introduction to Art is a course that studies the basic rules of art activities. It is a scientific system that aims to explain the nature of art, the system of art activities and the characteristics of art types.

This course is different from general art theory courses. It does not introduce a certain art theory or elaborate various theoretical perspectives on art research, but systematically introduces basic common sense and basic theories about art. Understand the basic nature of art, the systematic composition of art activities, art types and their characteristics as a whole.

This course is also different from the general introduction to art history. It does not simply focus on the trajectory of historical development, sorting out, summarizing and summarizing the artistic creations and artistic research results of predecessors. Various art historical materials will also be included. Understanding the basic theoretical knowledge in the introduction to art requires a certain amount of art history knowledge as a foundation. Taking into account the learning needs in this area, we will provide some art historical materials when elaborating on relevant theoretical perspectives. At the same time, students are also required to supplement the teaching materials with knowledge about important artists, works of art and important stages of artistic development in Chinese and foreign art history.

This course is also different from general art appreciation courses. It does not focus on the analysis and appreciation of works, but on the systematic elaboration of basic knowledge and basic theories.

The analysis and explanation of specific works in the course are closely integrated with the systematic elaboration of basic theories.

Therefore, studying this course requires the accumulation of certain knowledge of art history and work appreciation, but it is still necessary to focus on mastering the basic theoretical knowledge of art.