Pattern characteristics of song dynasty

The craft patterns in Song Dynasty emphasized realism. In the Song Dynasty porcelain patterns, especially flowers and birds, a large number of realistic patterns appeared, forming a distinctive decorative style and characteristics of the times. The realistic atmosphere of craft patterns was formed in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, and this change was mainly reflected in silk fabrics. The flower pattern of silk fabric has developed from the layout of parallel patterns in the past to realistic folding branches, that is, the so-called "colorful flowers". In the Song Dynasty, embroidery and reeling paid more attention to colorful flowers and raised them to an unprecedented level. This trend also influenced contemporary crafts, such as gold and silver wares, architectural paintings and ceramics. The realistic flower-and-bird patterns on Song porcelain mainly belong to flower themes: peony, peony, lotus, chrysanthemum, sunflower and plum blossom. Peacock, crane, goose, butterfly, mandarin duck, fish and duck are the most common themes of birds, fish and insects. In order to adapt to the characteristics of ceramic technology and the needs of decoration, the vivid and natural appearance characteristics and growth posture of flowers and birds are often preserved, and the point-line-surface combination method is adopted to simplify them into plane images. In the form of composition, there are few strictly symmetrical forms, but balanced painting composition is used. Balanced composition is a form of movement, which is characterized by different shapes and equal components on both sides of the fulcrum, so it is rich in variety and lively. For example, the double flower pit, which is common in Ding Kiln and Cizhou Kiln in Song Dynasty, has two opposite flowers on the same plane, but their shapes are different, up or down, or up or down, or one is in full bloom and the other is in bud.