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Journal of Arts is published by the College of Humanities and Arts at Taipei Municipal University of Education. It contains two parts: visual-art and music. The domain of this study is mainly on the visual-art part. By comparing the styles of APA, MLA, Chicago, and the domestic art journals, the researcher attempts to provide an appropriate Chinese writing and editing styles for Journal of Arts.
The first section of this study is to know the history and future of Journal of Arts. The second section is to investigate the “Instruction of Submission” and the editing format of eight domestic art journals from 2008 to 2010; compare the three big styles in the U.S., and propose an appropriate Chinese style for the front matter (title page, abstract, keywords), the body matter (heading, item, quotation, note, table, figure), and the back matter (reference, appendix). The third section is to study the main draft writing format of Journal of Arts and the proof reading and editing format of Journal of Arts of Volume 1 / Issue 3. The fourth section is to participate in editing Journal of Arts to gain practical experience. Finally, conclusions and suggestions are provided for Journal of Arts.
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