A Study Of Artistic Learning Measures From Reynolds’ Fifteen Discourses Delivered In The Royal Academy

The study in art today should be traced back to the ancient books and records, which can give nutrients to its growth. Focused on the leaning of classical oil painting and based on the research of Royal Arts Academy’s first dean Joshua Reynolds’fifteen lectures through1769to1790in Royal Academy of Arts, this paper will talk about an appropriate theory learning guide for today’s art leaning.This paper includes an outline of the background of Reynolds, his art experiences and the analysis of his critical ideas in Reynolds’ Fifteen Discourses Delivered in the Royal Academy. After that, this paper will emphasize on the details, classification and the analysis of some important art learning methods talked in Joshua’s speeches.In the final chapter, this paper aims at Reynolds’s significant effect on the modern oil painting art study today. With writer’s self experience of art study in pencil sketch, small color drafts and oil painting creation at last, this research would like to prove that Reynolds’art learning methods are still available and useful for modern classical oil painting leaning.