What are the influences of traditional culture on contemporary art in China?

China's ancient sages' thoughts on nature, man and their relationship have laid a profound philosophical foundation for the development of China's traditional culture and largely determined the development trend of China's traditional culture. In the long-term historical evolution, China people have gradually formed the ideas of "harmony between man and nature, people-oriented, vigorous and promising, and harmony is precious". These thoughts come from nature and emphasize the unity and harmony between nature and man. Finally, our traditional art has formed an artistic system different from that of the West.

1. Emphasize the overall consciousness of the work.

The pursuit of the overall consciousness of the work comes from people's understanding of the world around them. Our ancestors believed that man and nature are a unified whole and an affinity relationship, and people can get physical and mental pleasure and spiritual sustenance from nature. In artistic creation, the individual is placed in the natural environment to realize the integration of the individual and nature.

Therefore, under the guidance of this idea, China traditional art pays attention to the overall beauty of the work and the overall expression of the momentum of the work or modeling (rather than the detailed description of objective objects), which is different from Western culture's emphasis on individual beauty and the vividness of the work.