中学美术教育是美育的重要组成部分,而在我国当前的学校教育,特别是中学教育中,由于片面追求升学率的影响,不能充分认识美育有助开发学生智力的作用,中学美术教育过程,实际上就是发展和提高学生各种认知能力,形成完整的智力结构的过程。美术教育对学生智力的开发功能,主要体现在以下方面:一、观察与感受 Art education in middle schools is an important part of aesthetic education. However, in the current school education in our country, especially in secondary education, due to the unilateral pursuit of the rate of entering higher education, we can not fully understand the role of aesthetic education in developing students’ intelligence. The art education in middle schools, On this is the process of developing and enhancing students’ various cognitive abilities and forming a complete intellectual structure. Art education on the development of student intelligence features, mainly in the following areas: First, the observation and feelings