On the Tianjin Municipal Art Museum's Philosophy of Practical Aesthetic Education during the Republican Period and the Iconography of Modern Chinese Art Museums
As the first public art museum in China,the Tianjin Municipal Art Museum held a paradigmatic significance in shaping the image of modern Chinese art museums.The philosophy pf practical aesthetic education,which emphasised reality and the promotion of industrial development through aesthetic education,permeated various aspects of the Tianjin Municipal Art Museum,including collection,exhibition,and research,thereby forming a representative'art museum'image.This served as a practical footnote to the museum's attributes,aligning with the theoretical research of contemporary scholars.Concurrently,this philosophy led the Tianjin Municipal Art Museum to place significant emphasis on talent cultivation,industrial development,and urban renewal,thereby stressing the distinctive features of thematic exhibitions and practical applications in the construction of art museums.This enabled the art museum to emerge from obscurity within the museum system,establishing a relatively independent and realistic image,and offering robust support for the development of art museums in schools,a crucial branch of the art museum sector,thus expanding the possibilities for the localisation and growth of art museums.
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