Abstract

As Study of the Arts has been an independent discipline for the fourth year in 2016, The Annual Report on Study of the Arts in China（2016-2017）fully scans the development of the discipline and its five subjects in mainland China. The report outlines the development state in 2016 of five subordinate first-level subjects of the discipline of Study of the Arts, i. e. arts theory, musicology and study of dance, study of theater, film and television, study of fine arts, and study of design. In order to specify 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, film and television”into three chapters of“study of theater”,“study of film”and“study of television”. When discussing the annual situation of the five subjects, the report mainly focuses on three points of subject trend, issues of concern, and monographic study. Subject Trend 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 with profound research. The report studies on the highlights as follows: to construct a Chinese academic discourse of the Study of Arts,“Chinese artistic spirit”in Modern Arts Theory, Chinese music genre in new century, features and enlightenment of Robert Schumann's music criticism,“self”renewal and expansion of contemporary dancing art, survey of 2016 dance festivals, The Peony Pavilion（Youth Version）going abroad Chinese film industry and new cultural landscape, new beginning and redeparture of art film, new direction of Chinese TV in the context of internet, the 34th World Congress of Art History, practical explorationand multi-form coexistence of study of design, etc. . These studies help to fully understand the development of Study of the Arts in 2016. The work aims on both researchers and general readers.