| Summary: | 碩士 === 南華大學 === 視覺與媒體藝術學系碩士班 === 99 === Lacquer art has a long history in China. From the Neolithic Age to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the lacquer application and life had been closely related but are now gradually passing into oblivion. Although the government and the civil originations are actively promoting cultural industries, most people are still unfamiliar with lacquer art. To understand the key reasons of this issue, this research studies Taiwan lacquer art from cultural perspective of views to explore the values and the meanings of lacquer art in the modern life by investigating various presentations of lacquer craft and its development in Taiwan. Besides, this study also discusses how to innovate lacquer art with new meanings in order to correspond to the changes due to urbanization and industrialization.
The paper explores the lacquer culture and its social environment by applying literature studies, fieldwork, in-depth interviews and questionnaires, etc. The purposes of the research can be divided into four main directions.
I. To understand the development and environment of lacquer art in Taiwan society.
II. To explore the values and meanings of lacquer art in modern life.
III. To analyze the industrial characteristics of lacquer art and its possible developmental directions
IV. To establish an academic horizon of lacquer art from cultural perspective of views.
The paper summarizes the following strategies that are effectives in the development of lacquer art.
•To discover more sources for raw lacquer materials.
•To promote lacquer products by the designs that equally emphasize on both fine art and practical use.
•To produce lacquer artworks which contain elements of fashion and elaboration.
•To expend the domestic and international promotional channels and integrate these marketing media.
•To clearly label and indicate the content information and materials on lacquer products.
•To setup professional lacquer art trainings in schools
•A long term plan which is built by the government to systematically support lacquer art development, including routine lacquer cultural events which are organized by local governments.
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