Southern Miss North Lee "landscape Of Teaching Ideas And Influence Comparative Study

In the second half of 20th century, two important figures are worth paying attention to in the teaching of Chinese landscape painting: Lu Yanshao in southern China and Li Keran in the north. Their works are well-known to all in the circle of Chinese landscape painting and their artistic achievements have been long adored and respected by later generations. In addition, both of them are university professors of landscape painting. Their teaching ideas and models of instruction in landscape painting have exerted profound influence on the teaching of Chinese landscape painting of today. What are the differences between their teaching ideas? What influence have their teaching ideas had on the teaching of landscape painting in universities? How should we understand and what should we do to inherit and develop the way they fashioned ? All of those issues constitute the research contents of this thesis.Based on the analysis of the changes in the teaching model of traditional Chinese landscape painting, chapter one first reviews the evolution of it briefly and then analyzes the reasons and historical background of those changes. Chapter two describes and analyzes how Lu and Li developed their paiting styles, on the basis of which a thorough comparison of their artistic ideas and features has been made and similirities and differences have been found. Moreover, further explaination of their different practice methods and characteristics in the teaching of landscape painting has been explored.Both China Academy of Fine Arts and Central Academy of Fine Arts, in which Lu and Li teaches respectively, have established their own distinctive teaching models under the guidance of the two masters. Based on the comparison of the evolution and characteristics between the two academies, chapter three analyses the influence, advatages and disadvatages of their teaching ideas and practice in university painting education. Finally, some new ideas concerning the landscape painting teaching of today are proposed on the basis of predecessors'valuable experience and the author's teaching practice.The conclusion compares the artistic achievements of Lu and Li and discusses the significance of their influence on the landscape teaching in universities. Furthermore, prospects for Chinese landscape painting in the new century are also made in this part.This thesis adopts the following approches in argumentation: the overall-individual-overall analysis, comparative analysis and the combination of theory with practice. The innovation points and features of this thesis are: first, guided by the idea of finding the panaramic view from one specific point and analysing features through comparison, this thesis elaborates the teaching ideas and their social origins on the basis of the comparison and analysis of their own artistic achievements and syles; second, this thesis decomposes the distinctive characteristics of their teaching ideas in copying, scketching and creating of one work and analyses the advantages and disadvantages of their teaching ideas in university teaching practice; third, this thesis raises some thought-provoking questions: how can we inherit and extend the valueable teaching experience of predecessors? How can we master the law of development of landscape painting so as to promote our teaching practice? The author proposes some possible solutions to those problems in this thesis and puts them into his own teaching practice in order to support and verify his research.We are in a brand-new age today. The social changes pose many challenges to the teaching of traditional chinese landscape painting. As university teachers, we need to constantly innovate on the basis of the outstanding achievements of predecessors so as to meet the needs of the new age. This is also the major objective of the thesis.