On the Art of Ukiyo-e Painting

The Edo period was the later period of Japanese feudal society, which coincided with the Qing Dynasty in China. As a result of economic growth, it was first produced in cities? Maji culture? (civic culture). What is the name of the initial stage of ukiyo-e painting? Meat pen ukiyo-e painting? It is a genre painting in which painters express people's daily life with pen and ink colors, so this painting school has existed from the beginning? Decorative. The following is a model essay I compiled for you, hoping to help you. For details, please visit (www.oh 100.com/bylw).

Abstract: Ukiyo-e painting is a genre painting and print in Japan. It is an artistic style painting with national characteristics after the rise of Japanese citizen culture in Edo period. Japanese ukiyo-e painting presents a unique tone and charm in Asian and world art treasures. This paper will describe the creative style, artistic expression and even creation of several important masters in various periods of Ukiyo-e painting. Preference? In the context of artistic achievements, the creative characteristics of ukiyo-e painting are analyzed.

Keywords: ukiyo-e painting; Chinese painting; China custom printing

First, a brief introduction to Ukiyo-e painting

Ukiyo-e is a kind of Japanese genre painting and printmaking. It is an artistic style with national characteristics that rose during the Edo period (1603- 1867) in Japan. It is a typical secular style art. It mainly depicts people's daily life: scenery, drama, geisha and so on. Ukiyo-e painting is usually considered as color printing woodcut (called brocade painting in Japanese), that is, ukiyo-e painting; The origin of this name is because its content is mainly description at first? Floating world? Kabuki and Flower Street Liuxiang. In addition to prints, Ukiyo-e also has hand-painted works. What was the early stage of Ukiyo-e painting? Ukiyo-e period That is, the period when painters hand-painted paintings. Ukiyo-e painting has gone through more than 300 years, and its influence has reached all parts of Europe and Asia. /kloc-In the 9th century, European masters from classicism to impressionism were inspired by this painting style.

Second, the development of ukiyo-e painting

The Edo period was the later period of Japanese feudal society, which coincided with the Qing Dynasty in China. As a result of economic growth, it was first produced in cities? Maji culture? (civic culture). What is the name of the initial stage of ukiyo-e painting? Meat pen ukiyo-e painting? It is a genre painting in which painters express people's daily life with pen and ink colors, so this painting school has existed from the beginning? Decorative. Ukiyo-e was first popular in Kyoto and Osaka. Due to the rapid development of citizen culture and the expansion of demand, a large number of printing is needed, which reduces the Chen Ben and facilitates demand purchase. So ukiyo-e painting started from? Meat pen ukiyo-e painting? Stage entrance? Sculpting ukiyo-e? Stage. The author of this period, Yun Qi? Sculpting ukiyo-e? At first, his printing skills were simple ink folding, and later he developed into painters and lacquers. The real overprint prints appear around 1643- 1765. During this period, the printing technology of ukiyo-e painting reached a climax, representing the high artistic achievements of the Japanese nation. 1) 1670, woodcuts printed in a single ink color were sold in Hishikawa Moronobu, which was called ukiyo-e? Founder? . At first, there was only a single ink-printed painting on the market, but it soon appeared? Red edition? Give priority to with red, plus yellow and green. 2) Around1750, it is very popular because of the prosperity of kabuki, the progress of chessboard technology and the appearance of ukiyo-e; Masters Suzuki Harunobu, torii, Qing Dynasty and Kitagawa Utamaro, who are famous for painting beautiful women, appeared. Among them, Suzuki Harunobu created the color printed ukiyo-e painting? Brocade? . But these people's works have no personality and lack vitality; Often implies a decadent society. 3) Dong Zhouzhai, who appeared at the same time as Kitagawa Utamaro, wrote songs and was a master of depicting male themes. If it is the pinnacle of beauty painting, then the giant painting painted by servants must belong to Dong Zhouzhai who writes songs. The first ukiyo-e painting published in Syaraku was1May, 974, featuring actors from three theaters in Edo. The actors' heads and upper bodies stand out in a dark silver-gray background, and their personalities and the faces and postures of the characters they play are unforgettable. Syaraku captured the artist's personality with superb sensitivity. His works are treated with the same strong technique and the same ruthless exaggeration. It is completely opposite to the elegance, exquisiteness or flashy beauty of ukiyo-e painting. Syaraku's creative way separates the characters from the background, which is an unprecedented portrait. 4) When people and customs are almost exhausted, Hiroshi Ogawa of Kitazawa Gao Zhihe (formerly known as? Ando Hiroshige? ) has brought a new main content landscape. Influenced by western copperplate prints, Ge Shibeizhai decided to create landscape paintings. He adopted bold composition and color in Thirty-six Scenes of Floating Moon, which was loved by the audience. Since then, he has described the scenic spots in various places in his ukiyo-e paintings. In his series of paintings "Fifty-three Chapters of Hokkaido", Gechuanbo depicts Japanese travelers in a lyrical style. His fame even surpassed that of Beizhai. In his later period, Hiroshi Kawaguchi created a series of paintings with the theme of Japan, such as Mu Sixty-nine.

Third, the main creative themes of Ukiyo-e painting

1) Beauty painting: young and beautiful women are the main theme, which is the most important creative theme of early Ukiyo-e painting. These women's identities are mainly geisha, wandering girls and teahouse signboard girls. Representative painter Kitagawa Utamaro. 2) Servant paintings: Servants refer to famous kabuki actors, and their related ukiyo-e paintings include portraits and advertising posters. Write songs on behalf of the painter Dong Zhouzhai. 3) Famous paintings: descriptions of famous mountains, rivers and buildings. Used to satisfy the curiosity and desire of people who could not migrate and travel at that time for the world of flowers and flowers; Occasionally, it also acts as a travel guide. Representative painter Hiroshi Kagawa.

Fourth, the characteristics of ukiyo-e painting.

1) Because the creation method of ukiyo-e painting is mainly printmaking, the brightness, thickness and width of its lines have little change, and the relationship between objects and the change of the author's mood are all distinguished by colors. Influenced by western painting, the lines of ukiyo-e painting can accurately and effectively represent the human body structure in the external modeling of characters. On this basis, Ukiyo-e figure painting appeared in an exaggerated and plump posture, which shows the far-reaching influence of China's figure painting in the Tang Dynasty in the history of Japanese figure painting. 2) Ukiyo-e paintings are generally bold in color, especially compared with Chinese paintings of the same period; However, the relationship between the colors of ukiyo-e painting is harmonious, so the picture effect is extremely unified. Its decorative patterns are mainly concise and summarized graphics, which are elegant and flashy. 3) Ukiyo-e painting is influenced by Chinese and western painting, but in landscape painting? Focus? 、? Disperse? Perspective is reflected; But where is its characteristic? Small situation? Taking China's landscape paintings of the same period as the main object? Big scene? A little different. And the ukiyo-e landscape painting is more realistic, more active and more full of folk flavor.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) conclusion

Ukiyo-e painting is a treasure in Japanese painting, which plays an important role in the world art history. In Ukiyo-e painting art, we can not only see the inheritance of China's painting, but also see its organic combination with national culture, aesthetics, customs and world art after absorbing the essence of China's painting beauty. /kloc-at the end of 0/9, ukiyo-e art spread to Europe in tea packaging and was absorbed by many painters at that time; Such as Monet, Degas, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, etc. Ukiyo-e paintings are often seen in their paintings. It can be said that ukiyo-e painting has played an important role in promoting western impressionism and post-impressionism. In addition, the color matching and composition design in ukiyo-e painting also laid the foundation for modern Japanese graphic design.

Author: Mou Yimeng Unit: Southwest University

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