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Department of Traditional Arts

Department of Traditional Arts
Development Direction

The establishment of the Department of Traditional Arts is primarily dedicated to the research of craft and folk arts in Taiwan. Our focus is on the artistic development quality of traditional carving, especially of stone carving. The Department seeks to cultivate artistic talents in the creation and design of traditional crafts and applied arts, whilst creating an active and innovative curriculum that best serves our students, and that means we wish to inaugurate a vigorous epoch in arts and crafts. The inheritance of traditional artistic techniques is the foundation on which creations of all genres of art may be well developed. Within the domain of the creation of arts ad crafts, we expect to break through environmental restrictions, shape the thoughts of a new era, and compare different artistic characteristics of different ethnic groups on the island so as to bring our local arts into play

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Highlights

Highlights of our development missions are as follows:
Learning and engineering of the correct art for traditional carving
Development of the creation methods for traditional pattern drafting
Research of the characteristics of cultural & historical regions
Origins of allusions and pithy formula (of oral statements)
Highlights of our development missions are as follows:
Learning and engineering of the correct art for traditional carving
Correct training methodology of 2-D and 3-D carving
Elaboration on the correct application and evolution of auspicious signs, propitious words and homophones
Understanding and application of all kinds of material qualities
Career Opportunities
Professional art instructors
Culture-related administrators
Personal workshop artists
Fine art designers and/or engineers
Arts and crafts designers
Dedicated Facilities
Current dedicated classrooms and facilities are:
Audio-Visual Laboratory (for academic purpose)
Drawing Studio
Basic Moulding Studio
Figure Moulding Studio
Wood Carving Studio
Stone Carving Studio
Chiao Chih Ceramic & Glass Art Studio
Chiao Chih Ceramic & Glass Kiln
Dedicated classrooms and facilities under construction:
Metal Forging & Tin Art Studio
Seminar/Workshop Classroom

Other professional classrooms and equipment will be added every year subject to course needs:
Equipment and facilities for the following courses of Photography, Pattern Drafting, Information Compile, Field Work and Traditional Coloured Drawing

Faculty

Full-time
Jiin-shu Kang, Chair & Associate Professor
M.A., Kanazawa College of Art (Japan)
Sculpture, Drawing, Form Study
Nan-li Yu, Lecturer
M.A., Fontbonne University (U.S.A.)
Introduction to Arts, Sculpture, Drawing, Seminar on Arts
Ming-wang Shen, Lecturer
National Taiwan University of Arts
Traditional Wood Carving, Decoration Arts of Traditional Architecture

Part-time
Yeh-jung Kao, Professor
Graduate School of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University
Taiwanese Aboriginal Arts, Ancient Arts, Western Painting
Tsai-hsin Lin, Professor
Accredited traditional artist of the M.O.E.
Chiao-chih Ceramics, Collage (or Cutting & Pasting)
Rui-nan Tan, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Graduate Institute of History, Chinese Culture University
History of Chinese Traditional Craft, History of Chinese Calligraphy & Painting, Fengshui Studies
Hong-yi, Shi, Associate Professor
Winner of “The 6th Global Chinese Culture & Art Inheritance Award”
Traditional Stone Carving
Shu-de Zhang, Lecturer
M.A., Tokyo Gakugei University (Japan)
Chinese Calligraphy & Painting
Neng-rong Zhu, Lecturer
M.A., Fontbonne University (U.S.A.)
Introduction to Arts, Form Art Creation
Ting-hong Lai, Lecturer
M.F.A. Fontbonne University (U.S.A.)
Metalsmithing, Blacksmithing, Traditional Tin Arts, Sculpture
Module Outline

Compulsory (Core) Modules

Module Title Credit Student / Semester
History of Chinese Traditional Craft (I) 2* Freshmen / 1
History of Chinese Traditional Craft (II) 2* Freshmen / 2
Introduction to Art (I) 2* Freshmen / 1
Introduction to Art (II) 2* Freshmen / 2
Basic Stone Carving (I) 2** Freshmen / 1
Basic Stone Carving (II) 2** Freshmen / 2
Basic Carving (I) 2** Freshmen / 1
Basic Carving (II) 2** Freshmen / 2
Basic Drawing (I) 2** Freshmen / 1
Basic Drawing (II) 2** Freshmen / 2
Basic Moulding (I) 2** Freshmen / 1
Basic Moulding (II) 2** Freshmen / 2
Relief (I) 2** Freshmen / 1
Relief (II) 2** Freshmen / 2
History of Chinese Art (I) 2* Sophomores / 1
History of Chinese Art (II) 2* Sophomores / 2
Auspicious Signs and Culture (I) 2* Sophomores / 1
Auspicious Signs ad Culture (II) 2* Sophomores / 2
Traditional Wood Carving (I) 2** Sophomores / 1
Traditional Wood Carving (II) 2** Sophomores / 2
Figure Sketch (I) 2** Sophomores / 1
Figure Sketch (II) 2** Sophomores / 2
Figure Moulding (I) 2** Sophomores / 1
Figure Moulding (II) 2** Sophomores / 2
Pattern Drafting (I) 2** Juniors / 1
Pattern Drafting (II) 2** Juniors / 2
Metal in Tin (I) 2** Juniors / 1
Metal in Tin (II) 2** Juniors / 2
Metal Forging (I) 2** Juniors / 1
Metal Forging (II) 2** Juniors / 2
Field Work (I) 2** Juniors / 1
Field Work (II) 2** Juniors / 2
Workshop Issue (I) 2** Juniors / 1
Workshop Issue (II) 2** Juniors / 2
Workshop Issue (III) 2** Seniors / 1
Workshop Issue (IV) 2** Seniors / 2
Information Compile (I) 2** Seniors / 1
Information Compile (II) 2** Seniors / 2
Note: 2*: academic subject ; 2**: technical subject

Option Modules

Module Title Credit Student / Semester
Ancient Implements Summary (I) 2* Sophomores / 1
Ancient Implements Summary (II) 2* Sophomores / 2
The Art of Taiwanese Original Inhabitants (I) 2* Sophomores / 1
The Art of Taiwanese Original Inhabitants (II) 2* Sophomores / 2
Chiao Chiah Ceramics (I) 2** Sophomores / 1
Chiao Chiah Ceramics (II) 2** Sophomores / 2
Traditional Coloured Drawing (I) 2** Sophomores / 1
Traditional Coloured Drawing (II) 2** Sophomores / 2
Aesthetics 2* Juniors / 1
Apparel Evolution 2* Juniors / 1
Bamboo Carving (I) 2** Juniors / 1
Bamboo Carving (II) 2** Juniors / 2
The Creation of Jade Carving (I) 2** Juniors / 1
The Creation of Jade Carving (II) 2** Juniors / 2
Photography (I) 2** Juniors / 1
Photography (II) 2** Juniors / 2
Folklore (I) 2* Seniors / 1
Folklore (II) 2* Seniors / 2
The Modern Times of Fine Arts 2* Seniors / 1
The Craft of Glass Art (I) 2** Seniors / 1
The Craft of Glass Art (II) 2** Seniors / 2
The Stone Carving of Architecture (I) 2** Seniors / 1
The Stone Carving of Architecture (II) 2** Seniors / 2
Note 1: module hours = credit number * 1
Note 2: 2*: academic subject ; 2**: technical subject
 
 
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