Hangzhou is a city with rich cultural heritage. Located in the heart of Hangzhou, the academy has inherited its thousand-year-old culture and instilled the spirit of picturesque landscape. The Academy was founded by the renowned educator CaiYuanpei early in 1928, who had been promoting art education in China to redeem the then war-torn China.
At beginning, there were only four departments in the academy including Traditional Chinese Painting, Western Painting, Sculpture and Pattern Design. While in the past eight decades, the academy has been renamed, and was moved westward during the war to Jiangxi, Hunan, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Chongqing, and finally returned to Hangzhou.
There are two important academic concepts: one is “eclectic”; and the other is “innovation derivesthere are two important academic concepts: one is “eclectic”; and the other is “innovation derives.
Throughout the history of CAA, there are two important academic concepts: one is “eclectic”, championed by the first president Lin Fengmian; and the other is “innovation derives from tradition” advocated by Pan Tianshou. These two interrelated concepts form the major traditions of CAA, and create a free environment for artistic creation and experimentation and also diversified humanities studies.
In Michelangelo's later works, he blended the spirits of Classical Antiquity and the Middle Ages together. Michelangelo used his "magic hands" to awaken the body that was slumbering within the white marble and liberated the pre-existing image imprisoned within the marble.
As students of art, you must all have painted the statue Giuliano de' Medici - an important patron of the arts during the Italian Renaissance. Here I want to remind you of the relationship between the Portrait of Giuliano de' Medici and the sculptures of Night, Day, Dawn, and Dusk. The sculptures of Giuliano de' Medici and his brother Lorenzo de' Medici share the same dimensions as Night, Day, Dawn, and Dusk. To be more specific, the six sculptures constitute a symbolic whole together with the surrounding architecture. Michelangelo explored the most spiritual of themes with the most concrete of materials, sculpting this most epic work which stands tall in the history of sculpture. His idea was obviously implied in his poem - four statues representing four images of the time to create four kinds of melancholy.
the China Academy of Art has been at the forefront of the artistic world in pursuit of its historical purpose and obligation to reinvigorate Chinese art.
The academy has attracted and fostered many renowned artists who have become major artistic forces in the country, making it one of the most prestigious art institutions. These important artists with national and international fame are Lin Fengmian, Pan Tianshou, Huang Binhong, Liu Kaiqu, Wu Dayu, Yan Wenliang, Ni Yide, Li Kuchan, Li Keran, Aiqing, Chen Zhifo, Pang Xunqin, Lei Guiyuan, Xiao Chuanjiu, Guan Liang, Huang Junbi, Chang Shuhong, Dong Xiwen, Wang Shikuo, Wang Chaowen, Li Lincan, Deng Bai, Wu Guanzhong, Zhao Wuji, Zhu Dequn, Luo Gongliu……
Their art works and endeavors are models and great references for later artists to learn from.
The academy has attracted and fostered many renowned artists who have become major artistic forces in the country, making it one of the most prestigious art institutions. These important artists with national and international fame are Lin
The academy has attracted and fostered many renowned artists who have become major artistic forces in the country, making it one of the most prestigious art institutions. These important artists with national and international fame are Lin Fengmian, Pan Tianshou, Huang Binhong, Liu Kaiqu, Wu Dayu, Yan Wenliang, Ni Yide, Li Kuchan, Li Keran, Aiqing, Chen Zhifo, Pang Xunqin, Lei Guiyuan, Xiao Chuanjiu, Guan Liang, Huang Junbi, Chang Shuhong, Dong Xiwen, Wang Shikuo, Wang Chaowen, Li Lincan, Deng Bai, Wu Guanzhong, Zhao Wuji, Zhu Dequn, Luo Gongliu……
Their art works and endeavors are models and great references for later artists to learn from.The academy has attracted and fostered many renowned artists who have become major artistic forces in the country, making it one of the most prestigious art institutions. These important artists with national and international fame Lin Fengmian, Pan Tianshou, Huang Binhong, Li Chuanjiu, Guan Liang, Huang Junb.
