An ancient fine arts exhibition opened yesterday at the Ha Noi Fine Arts College to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Institute of Fine Arts.

 

  

    

The vast amount of items and documents on Vietnamese ancient fine arts was officially on display for the first time in a 1,000sq.m area, featuring 400 documents ranging from visuals to ancient architectural drawings, including 45 items from the Viet Nam Museum of Fine Arts.

 

The exhibition will also present research by the Institute of Fine Arts. The seven parts of the exhibition depict the seven artistic styles in the Vietnamese feudalistic dynasties from the 11th to the 20th century.

 

The exhibition was intended to give viewers a chance to know and understand about thinking and creative art of ancient generations from a distant past.

 

Through this exhibition, visitors could discover the close connection between Vietnamese communes and villages and religious architecture works, places which held performances, exhibitions and other cultural displays. Spiritual heritage stamps were engraved in the statues and the architecture works on display.

 

In its 45 years, the Institute of Fine Arts has publicized research on the development of Vietnamese fine arts from the Ly, Tran, Le, Mac dynasties to the Nguyen dynasty in Hue Province. A book Lich Su My Thuat Co Viet Nam (History of Vietnamese Ancient Fine Arts) was soon set to be launched according to Le Anh Van, head of the institute.

 

"The institute will study methods of Vietnamese ancient fine arts, especially Cham fine arts and ethnic’ fine arts in the future. It will be an important database for people to study traditional arts as well as exchange cultural information in the region and all over the world," said Van.

 

The exhibition will run until February 17 at 42 Yet Kieu Street, Ha Noi.