What are the heavy color paintings of the Tang and Song dynasties?

The development of Chinese painting originated from the expression of color, and it has gone through the maturity and brilliance of the expression of color in the paintings of the Tang and Song dynasties. Although literati painting had taken over the mainstream position in the development of Chinese painting in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the brushwork and heavy-color painting still did not stop its pace of advancement in the context of a society that emphasized ink and lightened up the color, and it was looking forward to another glory in the midst of the hobbling. From the perspective of historical development, although the expression of color in Chinese painting has been silent after the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, it has not been cut off, and has even been inherited and developed in some aspects. In this regard, we cannot equate Chinese painting with ink painting, which is only one of the forms of expression of Chinese painting. The above analysis shows that heavy color painting has its technical, aesthetic and cultural connotations that ink painting cannot replace. Therefore, in the development of contemporary Chinese painting, this is an important aspect that we should inherit, and we should continue to inject new factors on the basis of inheriting the traditional power of color expression, so that the spirit and outlook of Chinese painting can be carried forward.

The expression of traditional brushwork heavy-color painting, which is made step by step from outlining, separating dye, overdyeing, adding color, and finally flowing into some kind of programmed mode of creation, is undoubtedly a limitation that traditional brushwork heavy-color painting has. Contemporary Chinese heavy-color painting is not like the traditional brushwork heavy-color painting with three alums and nine dyes in the production process, the production process is more abundant and diverse, and the expression of lines and colors is much broader than the traditional brushwork heavy-color painting, and even able to break through the constraints of the lines completely. This development not only reflects the heavy color painting technique in line with the characteristics of the times, but also for the traditional painting techniques injected new vitality.