Huoxing Yu—Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the Department of Art Theory
Biography
Huoxing Yu, Doctor of Arts, professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Arts, Southeast University, was born in Nantong, Jiangsu Province.
Education
1978—1982: B.A.(The Philosophy Department, Nanjing University)
Major: Philosophy
1986—1989: M.A.( Department of Philosophy, Peking University)
Major: Aesthetics
1992—1994: D.Phil.(TheOhio State University)
Major: Art History
1995—1999: Columbus College of Art and Design (USA), studying oil painting.
2008—2012: D.Phil.(School of Arts, Southeast University)
Major: Art Studies
2009—2010: Fulbright Scholar, United States Department of State
2015: Senior Visiting Scholar, School of Arts, University of London
Research Interests
Artistic Theory, Chinese and Foreign Art History, Comparative Study of Chinese and Foreign Art
Research Achievements
Selected Research Projects
2013--2016: “Research on western art methodology.” National Art Project.
2010—2012: “Research on modern western art methodology.” Social Science Project in Jiangsu Province.
Selected Monographs
Methodology of Modern Western Art Research. Southeast University Press, 2014.
Vision and Textuality. (translation). Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House, 2009.
Selected Papers
“Image, symbol and interpretation: an analysis of western art research methods.” Fine Arts&Design. No.5, 2015.
“Hudson River School and American landscape description.”Hundred Schools in Arts. No.4, 2015.
“From Wolflin to Cliff Bell: a formalist approach to western art studies.” Fine Arts&Design. No.2, 2012.
“Marxist method in western art research.” Journal of Southeast University, No.2, 2012.
“Iconography method in western art research.” Hundred Schools in Arts. No.3, 2012.
“Gengzhi Tu in the Library of US Congress and it’s artistic features.” Art Magazine. No.5, 2011.
“A preliminary study of the image structure of landscape paintings in Southern Song Dynasty.”Research of Fine Art. No.3, 2009.
“Confucian enlightenment theory and ancient Chinese figure painting art.” Research of Fine Art. No.3, 2007.
“Image analysis of Eighty-seven Immortals Scroll and Chaoyuanxianzhangtu.” Journal of Southeast University, No.5, 2006.
“The ideological origin of advocating personality in ancient Chinese painting.” Journal of Southeast University. No.6, 2004.
“Rereading waterfall view in Lushan Mountain by Shi Tao.” Art Research. No.3, 2004.
“Portrait art in contemporary America.”Jiangsu Art Monthly. No.4, 2003.