How to appreciate Chinese painting

The methods of appreciating Chinese painting are mainly embodied in four aspects: spirit, emotion, meaning and interest.

I. God:

It is not enough to talk about painting only by focusing on the similarity of appearance. The purpose of painting is to pursue spiritual similarity. The spirit likeness theory is a fine tradition of China's painting art and the essence of national aesthetics.

Of course, theory comes from practice. China's painting art takes line modeling, boldly generalizes and refines, and pays attention to the combination of reality and reality, forming a series of unique artistic techniques, such as abandoning the background, leaving blank space, single-line sketching and freehand brushwork in ink and wash, which all make the art more pure and beautiful.

Second, love:

On the relationship between things and feelings, Chinese painting advocates the theory of subjective feelings. The artist is sentimental, and he faces nature with the passion of "climbing mountains is full of emotion, while watching the sea is full of meaning".

Therefore, "looking at the autumn clouds, flying, spring breeze, thinking mighty", full of affection and enthusiasm. Fierce feelings, through free pen and ink, fall on paper and silk, materialized into works of art, so all good works of art are always full of poetry and painting, full of rich feelings.

Third, significance:

Thinking is the key to painting. Paying attention to artistic conception is a fine tradition of China's painting art thought. The so-called artistic conception is to form a realm in painting through rigorous and ingenious conception and unique artistic expression, achieve endless artistic effects and sublimate to the realm of poetry. In the theory of painting, it is said that "the realm is mature, the heart and hands are complete, and the vertical and horizontal can be moderate, and both sides can meet the source."

"On Poetry" also said that "if you think about it in your heart, you will get its truth." This is true, with both true scenery and true feelings. Only when the scene blends and the subjective and objective are combined can the music be wonderful.

Fourth, fun:

The aesthetic interest in the artistic expression of Chinese painting is pen and ink, and the pen and ink of Chinese painting and calligraphy are in the same strain. Chinese painting is shaped by lines. Pen and ink skills can not only accurately describe even the completed object, but also express emotions, which has artistic beauty. Because of the combination with calligraphy art, it also forms a formal beauty with independent aesthetic feeling.

Literati painting in Ming and Qing dynasties paid special attention to the pursuit of emotion and pen and ink interest. In particular, freehand brushwork of flowers and birds, in dripping fun, expresses the escape in the chest, while pen and ink skills are concise and implicit.