The art department of Nanjing Normal University is good.
The Academy of Fine Arts of Nanjing Normal University has a history of 110 years. Its predecessor was the "Picture and Handicraft Department" of Liangjiang Normal School chaired by Li Ruiqing in the late Qing Dynasty. This is the first new higher art discipline in the history of Chinese art education. . In 1928, this department evolved into the Art Education Department of National Central University (later changed to the Department of Art). Lu Fengzi and Li Yishi successively took charge of academic affairs. In 1928, Xu Beihong was hired as a professor in this department, and in 1935, he was appointed as the director. Mr. Xu Beihong advocated the New Art Movement, adhered to the educational policy of realist art, and invited elites in the art world, such as Gao Jianfu, Zhang Daqian, Chen Zhifo, Yan Wenliang, Pang Xunqin, Lu Sibai, Wu Zuoren, Huang Junbi, Huang Xianzhi, Zhang Shuqi, Fu Baoshi, Qin Famous painters such as Xuanfu taught here successively, cultivating a large number of outstanding artists and excellent art teachers. In the process of running the school, the Xu Beihong art education system was formed. This system represents the mainstream of modern art education in China and dominates modern Chinese art. innovation and development direction. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the department was renamed the Fine Arts Department of Nanjing University, the Fine Arts Department of Nanjing Normal University, and in 1999 it was renamed the Academy of Fine Arts of Nanjing Normal University.
At present, the School of Fine Arts has a strong teaching and scientific research faculty, with 25 professors, 23 associate professors, 12 doctoral supervisors, 39 master's supervisors, and one faculty member More than 100 people have made significant achievements in art creation, theoretical research and the development and application of art design in recent years.
The "Fine Arts" of the School of Fine Arts of Nanjing Normal University is a provincial brand major. "Watercolor Gouache" and "Cursive Script Art" are quality courses in Jiangsu Province. The animation major has ranked first among colleges and universities nationwide for four consecutive years. It is now a national-level specialty. The School of Fine Arts currently has a postdoctoral mobile station in fine arts, a first-level discipline in fine arts, a doctoral degree authorization site, a first-level discipline in fine arts, a first-level master's degree authorization site, a first-level discipline in design, a doctoral degree authorization site, and a first-level discipline in design master's authorization. The first batch of pilot units for the comprehensive reform of the Master of Arts (MFA) program, it is the "National Sports and Art Teacher Training Base", the "Jiangsu Province College Basic Course Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center", and was identified by the China Toy Association as the "China Toy Industry Talent Training Training Base" and was approved as one of the first batch of "Toy Designer" qualification certification units in the country. As a pilot institution for the Ministry of Education’s national undergraduate major in fine arts (teacher education) in general colleges and universities, the Academy of Fine Arts relies on its strong disciplinary strength and integrates high-quality teaching resources to establish the “Xu Beihong Art Education Experimental Class”. In recent years, the college has undertaken 8 national-level scientific research projects and 19 provincial-level scientific research projects, and has established teaching, research, and practical cooperation relationships with universities in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Russia, Italy and other countries, as well as relevant domestic research institutes (institutes) and enterprises. , five batches of current students have gone to Russia, the United States, and Canada for short-term studies with mutual recognition of credits. Each major recruits undergraduate and graduate students at home and abroad.
The Academy of Fine Arts of Nanjing Normal University has a beautiful teaching environment and complete teaching facilities. There are four art teaching buildings on the Xianlin campus and a new exhibition hall. The library and reference room of the Academy of Fine Arts currently has more than 45,000 Chinese and foreign books and more than 210 journals of various types. The Academy of Fine Arts has a collection of large-scale plaster sculptures that Mr. Xu Beihong brought back from France.
The Academy of Fine Arts of Nanjing Normal University has 7 departments, 7 research institutes, 5 laboratories and 3 centers, and 1 teaching and research section, namely the Department of Chinese Painting, the Department of Western Painting, the Department of Art Design, the Department of Photography and Department of Media Arts, Department of Calligraphy, Department of History, Department of Animation, Institute of Art Education, Xu Beihong Institute, Institute of Fine Arts, Institute of Sculpture Art, Institute of Ceramic Art, Institute of Image Culture, Institute of Design Art, Photography and Media Art Laboratory, Animation Laboratory, Ceramic Art Laboratory, Sculpture Laboratory, Toy Laboratory, Jiangsu Provincial College Basic Course Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center, Nanjing Normal University Dunhuang Studies Research Center, Continuing Education Center, Art Education Teaching and Research Section, there are 4 1 major and 15 professional directions.
There are currently 1,113 undergraduate students, 504 master's and doctoral students, as well as international students from South Korea, France, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and other countries.