Japan Art Academy
The Japanese Academy of Arts (Japanese日本 芸 术 院, Nihon Geijutsuin, Eng. Japan Art Academy) is the most significant organization for Japanese art. The Academy discussed matters relating to the arts, advises the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and promotes the art [note 1], and up to 1958 by the annual art exhibition " Nitten " (日 展). The Academy has special status as a legal entity independent and is under the auspices of the " Office of Cultural Affairs ." The headquarters is located in Ueno Park in Tokyo.
History
Forerunner of the Japanese Academy of Arts was the 1907 Audit Committee of Fine Arts (美术 审查 委员会, Bijutsu Shinsa iinkai, Eng. Fine Arts Screening Committee ) of the Ministry of Culture. The objective was to provide quality standards and venues for art exhibitions in the Meiji period. The first exhibition, Colorful (文 展) [note 2] also took place in 1907. In 1919 ( Imperial Fine Arts Academy帝国 美术 院, Teikoku Bijutsuin, engl. ) Was the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts was founded. Chairman of the Academy was Mori Ogai. The accompanying art exhibition was consequently renamed Teiten.
In 1937 the Academy was reorganized and the name changed again in Imperial Academy of Arts (帝国 术 术 院, Teikoku Geijutsuin, Eng. Imperial Art Academy). After the Second World War in 1947, the Academy then was given its definitive, current name: Japanese Academy of Arts. The name of the exhibition has been changed in this regard in Nitten (abbr. for日本 美术展 覧 会, Nihon bijutsu tenrankai ).
In the course of a reorganization in 1958, the Academy was transferred to a purely scientific and advisory non-profit organization and the organization of the art exhibition was in a private partnership that Nitten corporation spun off.
Membership
The Academy of Arts belongs formally to the MEXT. It has a maximum of 120 members, who are appointed for life. The Academy has three main divisions with a total of 16 sub-divisions, which are assigned to individual subjects. Membership is for one of the subdivisions:
- A. Visual Arts
- B. Culture
- C. Music and Drama
President of the Academy
Academy Awards
The Academy gives beyond two different prices:
- The price of the Japan Academy of Arts (日本 芸 术 院 赏, Nihon Geijutsuin - shō )
- The Onshi - shō (恩赐 赏)
Nitten
The Japanese art exhibition Nitten (日 展, Eng. Japan Fine Arts Exhibition ) claimed the largest art exhibition of its kind to be worldwide. You each year attracts a large number of art lovers and art critics. There are works of art Category: Visual Arts in the five groups: Nihonga, Yōga ( Western-style painting ), sculpture, crafts and calligraphy issued.