Abstract

As Arts Studies become an independent discipline for the second year in 2013, Annual Report on Study of the Arts in China（2013-2014）fully scans the development of Arts Studies discipline and its five subjects in mainland China. The report outlines the development state in 2013 of five subordinate first-level subjects of Arts Studies discipline, i. e. theory of arts, musicology and study of dance, study of theater and filmology, study of fine arts, and study of design. In order to specifies some art categories, according to their actual condition and variation, the editor divides“musicology and study of dance”into two chapters of“musicology”and“study of dance”，“study of theater and filmology”into three chapters of“study of theater”，“filmology”and“study of television art”. When discussing the annual situation of the five subjects, the report mainly focuses on three points of subject overview, issues of concern, and monographic study. “Subject overview”is a panorama of the subjects'annual development; “issues of concern”thoroughly reviews and analyzes the important annual problems that arouse concern; “monographic study”selects some important theoretical points of the subjects and to do a profound research. The report studies on the highlights as follows: the theory of arts further explores the way among system space and differences between China and Western countries; the International vision and multidisciplinary perspective are the main concern of musicology; study of dance focuses on modern and contemporary dance creation and cultural autonomy, dance quality education and thinking development and personality perfection, folk dance research and protection of intangible cultural heritage, and the nationality and cosmopolitan of dance creation;the issues of study of theater contains the confrontation and development between two performance systems, research on Cao Yu's drama, research on Yuan drama, and research on Mei Lanfang; filmology includes the points of Hong Kong film going north, the rise of Youth Movie, phenomenal movie and fans movie; study of television art discusses the survival of grand entertainment shows, emotional play，sequel and brand construction of teleplay, the first year of website self- produced play, significant rising of imported teleplay, massive talent shows causing the surge of audience rating, piles of comedy routines, anti-Japanese war teleplay and its cultural appeal, TV entertainment program as trendsetter; study of art history and art market are interpreted in study of fine art; study of design focuses on the talent cultivation, theoretic study of design, the academic interaction between Chinese and foreign study of design, the development of the academic journal, the cultivation of Master of Design Art, the new trend of interaction design application, etc. . These studies help to fully understand the development of the discipline of arts studies in 2013. The work could be the prerequisites for the researchers or experts of arts studies and its subordinate subjects, and also could be read by the general readers.