Modern Social Science Research

The construction of new liberal arts aims to break down disciplinary barriers and promote the deep integration of science and art. However, the basic art and design education in art and design colleges is currently facing a dual dilemma: technical training lags behind technological changes, and aesthetic education is divorced from humanistic spirit. Especially now, with artificial intelligence (AIGC) technology reshaping image production methods, the traditional modeling teaching paradigm centered on representation is no longer sustainable. This paper, based on the perspective of new liberal arts, proposes that basic art and design education should shift from single technical training to the construction of visual thinking. In terms of discipline construction, it proposes to build an integrated curriculum system of humanistic literacy, material perception, and digital generation; in terms of humanistic values, it proposes to achieve an educational transformation from technique to philosophy by reshaping embodied cognition, returning to the Eastern aesthetic paradigm, and establishing technological ethics, thereby cultivating new-era design talents with interdisciplinary vision and independent aesthetic judgment.

New liberal arts; Basic art and design; Discipline construction; Humanistic value; Artificial intelligence; Visual thinking