“美术鉴赏”是高等院校素质教育课程,然而,当下高等院校“美术鉴赏”课程教学呈现出文化流失状态。表现为四种对立:师资非专业性与课程专业性的对立;教材单一模式性与课程开放性的对立;鉴赏教学方法单一化与鉴赏内容多元化的对立;教学理念滞后性与课程目的性的对立。由此造成“美术鉴赏”教学“重技轻道”、文化流失的现象。 “Art Appreciation” is the course of quality education in colleges and universities. However, the present teaching of “art appreciation” in colleges and universities shows the state of cultural loss. There are four kinds of contradictions: the contradiction between nonprofessional teaching and professional curricula; the contradiction between the single pattern of teaching materials and the opening of courses; the contradiction between the simplification of teaching methods of appreciation and the diversity of appreciation of contents; the lag of teaching philosophy and the purpose of the course opposition. As a result, “Art Appreciation” teaching “heavy technical Qing Road,” the phenomenon of cultural loss.