中国艺术史在西方本属于边缘学科,不过越来越多的学者抵挡不住中国艺术的魅力,前仆后继地献身于中国艺术史学的研究。通过苏利文和高居翰等专家一路赴险冒寒、不遗余力地向西方介绍中国传统书画及其美学理论,才使得这一领域被逐渐重视。研究方向也越来越全面、具体、深入。曾经撰写《艺术在中国》的柯律 Chinese art history in the west belongs to the fringe discipline, but more and more scholars can not withstand the charm of Chinese art, one after another to devote themselves to the study of Chinese art history. Only through the help of experts such as Sullivan and Gao Jhanhan, they spare no effort in introducing traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy and their aesthetics theories to the West have gradually taken this field seriously. The research direction is also more and more comprehensive, concrete and in-depth. Once wrote “art in China” of the Cole