教会学校在中国近代艺术教育中的作用

Functions of Missionary Education in Arts Education of Modern China

中国近代性质的艺术教育是从教会学校开始的。在新中国成立之前的一百多年时间里,西方各教会在中国建立了包括小学、中学、大学以及师范和职业学校的完整教育体系。教会学校客观上促进了西方艺术在中国的传播及中国传统艺术的发展,培养了大批艺术人才,为中国近代艺术教育的发展提供了经验。

The modern forms of arts education in China began from missionary schools.Over more than 100 years before 1949,western religious groups founded a number of education organizations including primary schools,middle schools,,universities,normal schools,vocational schools and so on,formed the complete education system.The missionary school promotes the dissemination of western arts in China,promote the development of Chinese traditional art,cultivate a lot of people mastering western arts and offer an example of modern arts education for China.