What are the main artistic features of ancient figure painting in China?

Important features of ancient figure painting in China;

(1) The depiction of characters in China's ancient figure paintings is not only to satisfy the similarity in appearance, but also to reveal the characters' personality and inner world, which is called vivid. For example:

From the above works, we can see the high artistic level of figure painting in Tang Dynasty.

A Masterpiece of Figure Painting in the Five Dynasties —— Gu's "Han Xizai's Night Banquet".

Other works, such as Zhang Xiang by Zeng Whale, the representative work of "Portrait" in Ming Dynasty, have created a more vivid "concave-convex method" on the basis of traditional portrait painting, which has opened up a new way for traditional portrait painting in China. This painting depicts the portrait of Zhang, a famous doctor in Hangzhou, and vividly shows the doctor's kind and open attitude without seeking fame and fortune.

(2) The unique tradition of China's ancient figure painting is that it is good at using the form of long scrolls, breaking through the limitations of time and space, and truly and meticulously depicting real life scenes and their character activities. In addition, Han Xizai's Night Banquet, which was introduced earlier, is a traditional long scroll figure painting with a wider scene, which should be promoted by Zhang Zeduan in the Song Dynasty.

(3) The unique tradition of China ancient figure painting is also manifested in the high diversity of pen and ink skills and techniques.

For example, the figure painting mentioned above belongs to meticulous painting in terms of painting method. There are meticulous paintings, such as Gu's Han Xizai's Night Banquet, and there are also meticulous paintings, such as Zhang Zeduan's Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival and Zeng Whale's Portrait of Zhang. It should be pointed out that the figure painting in ancient China is not only the meticulous and heavy color mentioned above, but also the refined and relaxed stick figure painting or freehand brushwork. The representative work of the latter is Kai Liang's "Li Bai Xing Yin Tu". A few strokes have vividly portrayed the style of the great poet Li Bai, which is really concise.

The above-mentioned ancient figure paintings in China are the works of famous painters. There are also many excellent works in the figure paintings created by some unknown craftsmen in the history of China. Ancient craftsmen brought their talents into full play and created touching artistic images.