Abstract: The period from the 19th century to the early 20th century was important for the construction of western modern art.During this period,the academic groups of German-speaking countries represented by the Berlin School,the Leipzig School and the Vienna School were born,as well as a series of critical,original and constructive ideas.Reflecting on traditional research paradigm,a discipline of art with modern significance has been gradually built,with the concept of art science as the core and historical and theoretical studies as the domain,forming a new research paradigm based on the methodology of formalist analysis and iconology.This historical process is an important chapter in the academic and ideological history of the West,and the modern academic system of art studies constructed by it and its theoretical basis and genealogy of knowledge have also become an important reference for the theoretical discipline construction of contemporary Chinese art studies.

Key words: art science, Berlin School, Leipzig School, Vienna School