Guangdong Soong Ching Ling Foundation (GDSCLF) ‘Aesthetic Education Classroom’ came to our school, and on 25th November 2024, two kinds of themed aesthetic education were held in the high school auditorium and the high school glass room respectively. Professor Luo Guang and Professor Li Lina were invited to ASJ to give two wonderful lectures on aesthetic education.
Deciphering
the “Da Vinci” Code
华南师范大学美术学院
教授、副院长、博士生导师
粤港澳大湾区高校创意艺术联盟副主席
As time passes and everything changes, Professor Luo Guang came to ASJ campus with his lecture ‘Deciphering the “Da Vinci” Code’. He led the students into the art field of Leonardo da Vinci and explored the spiritual world of this genius artist.
Professor Luo Guang analysed the art world of Leonardo da Vinci from the shallow to the deep, leading students into the historical and cultural atmosphere of the Renaissance. In the latter part of the lecture, Professor Luo Guang talked about the value of Da Vinci's paintings and their influence on the future generations, while Da Vinci's other identities are equally shocking, deep thinking, profound knowledge, a rare all-round talent in human history, and was called ‘the most perfect representative of the Renaissance’ by modern scholars.
Walking in Lingnan II:
Sea Silk Lingnan, Delicious Lingnan
中国民间文艺家协会副主席
曾组织策划岭南民俗文化节等大型活动
The lecture on ‘Walking in Lingnan II: Sea Silk Lingnan, Delicious Lingnan’, hosted by Professor Lina Li, takes us closer to the spontaneous and self-entertaining popular culture created by the grassroots in Lingnan. It is based on the specific background of the people's production and life, and in a popular and lively form, it is spontaneously created to entertain the people's self-culture.
The latest geographic coordinates of HaiSi culture are: Guangzhou Thirteen Houses, Huangpu Ancient Harbour, Shenzhen Nantou - Chiwan, Shantou Zhanglin Ancient Harbour and other ten historical and cultural monuments. After Professor Li Lina cited the ten monuments of the Lingnan Maritime Silk Road, she explained its special historical and cultural connotations: the Lingnan culture is rich in historical and cultural systems, of which Guangdong is the earliest and one of the most important origins of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, with absolute geographic and economic, cultural advantages.
Professor Lina Li explained to the audience - food as an indispensable part of folk traditional culture, many features of Lingnan traditional culture are reflected in food culture, Guangdong traditional food contains rich historical information on socio-economic and cultural development, and is rich in cultural connotations.
Primary Department Chen
Our teacher first showed us Leonardo da Vinci's portraits and then explained why the Mona Lisa has become the most famous painting in the world and that the Mona Lisa was stolen and recovered on 13 December 1913. It makes us think - how many Mona Lisas are there, or is this one the real Mona Lisa, and would the Mona Lisa be so famous if it hadn't been stolen?This teacher was able to explain Leonardo da Vinci in great detail, talking about many small details and leading the class to slowly learn more about him.
Primary Department: Jiang:
Lingnan is one of the important birthplaces of the Maritime Silk Road, the early Maritime Silk Road is called ‘Guangzhou Tonghai Yi Road’, of which Guangzhou is the most important trunk node of the Maritime Silk Road.Food in Lingnan, Lingnan cuisine: rice paddy fish, cowhide pastry and Chaoshan goose, etc., there are a lot of delicious and fun, I must go to each place to taste all kinds of earthly delicacies.
Presentation of souvenirs
and certificates
In the three years that ‘Aesthetic Education for the Public Good’ has been in the classroom at ASJ, the limitations of traditional education, which only focuses on the transmission of textbook knowledge, have been broken, so that students can give full play to their imagination and creativity in the classroom of aesthetic education and express their emotions through art to alleviate the pressure of learning.