What are the introduction and characteristics of Chinese painting?

Chinese painting, referred to as "traditional Chinese painting" in ancient times, is a traditional painting in China (different from "western painting"). It is painted on special rice paper or silk with brush, ink and China pigment. The main themes are figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, etc. Its techniques can be divided into meticulous brushwork and freehand brushwork, full of traditional characteristics.

From the perspective of art history, the traditional paintings in China before the Republic of China were all called ancient paintings. In ancient times, Chinese painting did not have a clear name, and it was generally called Danqing. Mainly refers to scroll paintings painted and mounted on silk, rice paper and silk. It is called Chinese painting in modern times, which is different from western oil painting and other foreign paintings. It is a painting created by China's unique pens, inks and pigments in accordance with long-term performance and artistic laws.

Artistic characteristics of Chinese painting: artistic conception, the highest realm of Chinese painting lies in the perfection and expression of artistic conception. Artistic conception refers to the realm of thoughts and feelings reflected in painting. Artistic conception is the painter's emotional "wonderful understanding" of the object, and the so-called realm is the realm. Artistic conception is the soul of Chinese painting. Its theme determination, composition layout and arrangement, image shaping, pen and ink processing and modeling are all dominated by "meaning".

The artistic characteristics of Chinese painting: pen and ink, Chinese painting from conception to image creation, always boils down to the use of pen and ink. Sheikh listed "writing with a pen" as the second of the six laws. Zhang Yanyuan said that "the bone method is similar, based on meaning, with a pen". China painters put pen and ink first. Therefore, pen and ink become an important condition for expressing "artistic conception" and "both form and spirit" It is a unique creation of Chinese painting to replace color with ink and strive for simplicity, vividness and generalization. The different changes of replacing color with ink show a variety of color feelings and are full of romantic treatment characteristics.

Artistic characteristics of Chinese painting: the way of composition, Chinese painting pays special attention to "artistic conception" and "image", and composition is an important part of "image" Therefore, the composition layout is influenced by its unique observation and expression and national appreciation habits, forming special laws and methods. In the layout of Chinese painting, the image should be cut and selected respectively. Then, according to the motion law of objects, the pictures are arranged, intertwined and undulating, and the air veins are connected to form a magical atmosphere.