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China Academy of Art (simplified Chinese: 中国美术学院; traditional Chinese: 中國美è¡"學院; pinyin: Zhōngguó MÄ›ishù Xuéyuàn) (also translated China National Academy of Fine Arts) is a fine arts college under the direct charge of the Ministry of Culture of China. It was founded in Hangzhou in 1928 by the government of the Republic of China and the renowned educator Cai Yuanpei. It was the first art university and first graduate school in Chinese history.

At the time, China Academy of Art's goal was to promote fine arts education as a replacement for religion in the then war-torn China. Fine arts has been held as equal to a religion at the institution for almost eight decades. The academy has many renowned artists in its alumni and is considered one of the most prestigious art institutions in the country. It is colloquially called Guomei (國美). It has tens of thousands of applicants every year, with an attrition rate of well over 95%.

Introduction

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China Academy of Art is the most influential academy of fine arts with the most complete range of degree offerings and programs of study in China. It houses a diverse pool of artistic talent, has a distinctive structure integrating theory and practice, focuses on human care and social needs, and combines modern technical and cultural disciplines with traditional artistic ones. The academy features the study of theories and offering Ph.D., Master’s and bachelor's degrees of fine arts, design,architecture, film and new media, which constitute the humanities and reflect the Chinese national spirit and creative theories of the era.

There are 7,000 undergraduate and graduate students in three campuses with a faculty and staff of 800. The administration is headquartered in the Nanshan Campus, which is on the West Lake in Hangzhou. Students in the Master's program live on the alternate campus 40 minutes away, on the outskirts of Hangzhou. A free bus is offered to transport students to and from the campus from the dorms at designated times.

Undergraduate students typically spend one year in general education courses in the Department of Foundation and then three years in the core courses of their particular majors. Graduate courses are typically three years long and include experience in the studio and research with mentoring faculty.

History

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In 1928, the National Academy of Art (國立藝è¡"院) was founded in China on the bank of the West Lake in Hangzhou by the educator Cai Yuanpei with Lin Fengmian. It was administrated by Yi Tingbai and Zhuang ziman during the 1940s. Over the decades, the location of the academy has changed ten times; its name changed six times, as follows:

• 1928 - National Academy of Art (國立藝è¡"院)
  • National Academy of Art was the first Chinese art university and graduate school
• 1929 - National Hangzhou School of Art (國立杭州藝è¡"å°ˆç§'學校)
  • changed into a national art school
• 1938 - National School of Art (國立藝è¡"å°ˆç§'學校)
  • The War of Resistance Against Japan broke out, National Peping School of Art merged into National Hangzhou School of Art, a new national school formed.
• 1945 - After the Japanese surrender in 1945, the Academy had been reestablished in Hangzhou with the Chinese painter Pan Tianshou as director.
  • The Western painting department was divided into several studios, most of which practiced modern, semiabstract styles. The atmosphere was very similar to an American art college in its freedom of expression. After the second year of their five-year program, students chose a studio in which to continue their studies. Lin Fengmian advocated a synthesis of Chinese and modern Western art, and insisted that students not emulate his work but develop their own styles. Among the other professors, Wu Dayu taught late impressionist and cubist styles; Fang Ganmin was influenced by Cubism; and Guan Liang taught a style derived from the Fauves. Although the students were strictly trained in academic drawing, they were encouraged to be free and creative.
• 1950 - East China Campus of Central Academy of Fine Arts (中央美è¡"學院華東分院)
  • after Chinese Civil War, CPC (中國共ç"¢é»¨) controlled mainland China and founded a new art academy CAFA in Beijing to cement Beijing's new capital position. As a national academy founded by the KMT (中國國æ°'黨) government, CAA was ordered change its name to East China Campus of CAFA. CAA changed its name, but did not merge with CAFA; the two academies possess independent personalities and are not be subordinate to one another.
  • similar circumstances were Shanghai Conservatory of Music (上海音樂學院), whose first name was National Conservatory of Music (國立音樂院), Shanghai Theater Academy（上海戲劇學院）were ordered change their names into East China Campus of central academies.
• 1958 - Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (浙江美è¡"學院)
• 1993 - China Academy of Art (中國美è¡"學院)
  • China National Academy of Fine Arts, called China Academy of Art for short on November 16, with the endorsement of the Ministry of Culture, PRC. Finally, CAA rehabilitated its national appellation.

Campuses

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• Nanshan Campus, 218 Nanshan Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou
• Zhangjiang Campus, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Pudong New District, Shanghai
• Xiangshan Central Campus, Zhuantang Sub-district, Xihu (West Lake) District, Hangzhou (Its south part was moved to current location in 2007 from Xihuan Road, Binjiang District.)

Colleges and departments

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Nanshan Campus

The School of Fine Arts (造型藝è¡"學院)

• Department of Chinese Painting (中國畫系)
• Department of Calligraphy (書法系)
• Department of Oil Painting (油畫系)
• Department of Print-making (版畫系)
• Department of Sculpture (雕å¡'ç³»)

The School of Intermedia Art ([SIMA], è·¨åª'ä½"学院)

• Open Media Lab (å¼€æ"¾åª'ä½"工作室)
• Embodied Media Studio（具ä½"åª'介工作室）
• Total Art Studio (总ä½"艺术工作室)
• Installation & Narrative Environment Studio（空间多åª'ä½"工作室）
• Experimental Image Studio (实验影像工作室)

The Advanced School of Art and Humanities (藝è¡"人文學院)

• Department of Art History and Theories (美è¡"史論系)
• Department of Visual Culture (視覺文化系)
• Department of Art Curation and Administration (藝è¡"策劃å'Œè¡Œæ"¿ç³»)
• Department of Archaeology and Museology (考古與博物館學系)

Zhangjiang Campus

The Shanghai School of Design (上海設計學院)

• Department of Architectural and Environmental Art Design (建築與ç'°å¢ƒè—è¡"設計系)
• Department of Visual Communication Design (視覺傳é"設計系)
• Department of Muti-media and Web Design (多åª'é«"影像設計系)
• Department of Industrial Design (工業設計系)
• Department of Fashion Design (服裝設計系)
• Department of Urban Landscape Plastic Art Design (城市景觀造型藝è¡"ç³»)
• Department of Digital Publishing and Exhibition Design（數字出版與展示設計）

Xiangshan Central Campus

The School of Design (設計藝è¡"學院)

• Department of Graphic Design (平面設計系)
• Department of Industrial Design (工業設計系)
• Department of Fashion & Textile Design (服裝与æŸ"织設計系)
• Department of Comprehensive Design (綜合設計系)
• Department of Art Design (藝è¡"設計學系)

The School of Architectural Art (建築藝è¡"學院)

• Department of Architectural Art (建築藝è¡"ç³»)
• Department of Urban Design (城市設計系)
• Department of Environmental Art (ç'°å¢ƒè—è¡"ç³»)
• Department of Landscape Design (景觀設計系)

Public Art Institute (公共藝è¡"學院) (a private sub-college)

• Department of Art Education (美è¡"教育系)
• Department of Murals Art (壁畫藝è¡"ç³»)
• Department of Ceramics and Arts and Crafts (陶ç"·å'Œå·¥è—ç¾Žè¡"ç³»)
• Department of Public Art (公共空é–"藝è¡"ç³»)

Media and Animation Institute (傳åª'動畫學院)

• Department of Photographics (æ"å½±ç³»)
• Department of Animation (å‹•ç•«ç³»)
• Department of Online Games (ç½'络游戏系)
• Department of Film, Video and Advertising (影視廣å'Šç³»)

Other colleges

• The College of International Education (國際教育學院), at the Nanshan Campus
• The College of Adult Education or 'The College of Continuing Education' (成人教育學院/繼續教育學院)，on Puyan Road，Binjiang District
• The Vocational College of Art Design (高職學院)

Notable alumni

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• Lin Fengmian
• Fang Ganmin
• Yi Tingbai
• Xiao Chuanjiu
• Huang Binhong, Chinese painting master
• Pan Tianshou, Chinese painting master
• Liu Kaiqu
• Li Kuchan
• Li Keran
• Dong Xiwen
• Wang Shikuo
• Beohar Rammanohar Sinha, modernist painter from India
• Wu Guanzhong
• Sha Menghai, calligrapher
• Zao Wou-Ki, Chinese-French modernist painter
• Chu Teh-Chun, Chinese-French modernist painter
• Luo Gongliu
• Wang Shu, first Chinese architect to receive the Pritzker Prize.
• Ying Miao, internet artist

See also

School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Wikipedia. Source : en.wikipedia.org

• Chinese fine art

References

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External links

School of Fine Arts | University of Canterbury. Source : www.canterbury.ac.nz

• China Academy of Art

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