试论明代的青楼美术教育

Art Education for Prostitutes in the Ming Dynasty and Chinese Culture

中国古代妓女从诞生之始就是艺术工作者,从事艺术、表演艺术是她们的主要职责,接受艺术教育在所难免,学习美术是她们所受教育的内容之一。明代青楼尤其重视对妓女美术才能的培养,这一时期的妓女不但普遍要学习书法、绘画,甚至普遍走出“闺阁”在山水中接受美育。她们的作品带有浓厚的男性文人作品以及时代的特征。

Ancient Chinese prostitutes had to master some skills of art,such as playing musical instruments,painting and calligraphy etc.,to please their patrons.Learning fine art was one of the contents of their training.Prostitutes in the Ming Dynasty gave special importance to the training of painting.They even need to go into nature to accept aesthetic education through appreciating mountains and rivers.Their works showed features of their times and features seen only in works of male artists.