Department of Oriental Art
The Department of Oriental Art was founded in 1984 by a donation from the famous painter Fan Zeng, and the foundation stone of the Oriental Art Building was laid in 1988. In 1991, it began to enroll undergraduate students in Chinese painting, and in 1997, it began to enroll master graduate students in aesthetics. In 1999, the undergraduate major in Chinese painting was restructured into a major in painting. In 2000, it was merged with the Department of Chinese Language & Literature into the School of Literature. Later, according to the change of national program settings, the master’s program was changed to fine arts, with three main research directions, including “Chinese painting research and creation”, “comprehensive materials and public art”, and “art history and theory”.
The undergraduate program in painting cultivates high-level painting professionals. It mainly cultivates the ability to create paintings independently, supplemented by standardized theoretical research skills. The main courses include painting theory and practice. In recent years, we have integrated the teaching advantages of the School of Literature and added design courses, and integrated digital painting into daily teaching.
The master’s degree program in fine arts is dedicated to cultivating high-end composite art talents who pay equal emphasis on theoretical knowledge and professional skills in fine arts and can be competent in art education, research and other related work. Teaching is a combination of lecture, discussion and practical creation, with emphasis on absorbing the essence of traditional painting art, emphasizing the cultivation of traditional Chinese culture, paying attention to the exchange between Chinese and Western fine art studies and the cultivation of students’ artistic creativity, and the academic program is a three-year program.