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HANGZHOU,China,April 12,2023/PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

This year marks the 95th anniversary of the founding of the China Academy of

Art, the debut of the Gate of Classic Chinese Art and the launch of the China

Academy of Art's Xianghu Campus kicked off.

Situated in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Xianghu Campus will have an overall

schooling structure to carry forward China's fine traditional culture and

inherit classical Chinese art, based on the China Academy of Art's expertise

and talents, as well as bountiful culture and resources of Xianghu Lake. The

"Gate of Classic Chinese Art" is built by drawing on the merits of the Imperial

Painting Academy of the Song Dynasty, traditional Chinese academies and modern

academies of art, thus nurturing outstanding talents with "mastery in art and

science, skills and practices" and building the most influential cultural hub

of China's fine traditional culture.

Xianghu Campus aims to lead the innovative development of Chinese painting and

calligraphy, gather distinguished scholars of humanities and art and develop

student training paradigms. It puts the most effort into postgraduate and

doctoral programs. Based on its first-class majors of Chinese painting and

calligraphy, Xianghu Campus is composed of "four organizations, three museums

and four centers".

Among them, "four organizations" refer to the Advanced Institute of Chinese

Calligraphy and Painting, Xianghu Academy, Advanced School of Art and

Humanities and National Institute of Art/Education, embracing talents of

classic Chinese art, drawing inspiration from fine traditions of ancient

academies, and helping integrate Chinese painting and calligraphy with

classical academics; "three museums" are the Classic Chinese Art Museum,

Xianghu Museum and Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Museum, bringing

together domestic and international collections, based on the scenery and

long-lasting culture of Xianghu Lake; "four centers" mean Chinese Character

Research Center, Landscape Research Center, Philosophy and Technology Research

Center and Landscaping Research Center, aimed at carrying forward the China's

fine traditional culture by carrying out special research projects on Chinese

cultural elements. Besides, a lab of Chinese calligraphy and painting

materials, a cluster of master offices and a research center of the global art

history will be set up on the campus, to unveil the unique style of Chinese art

from a great viewpoint of the global history and create the "visual classic

Chinese art" for the Chinese people.

SOURCE:China Academy of Art

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