What are the themes of the painting of the dragon and phoenix and the painting of the dragon? What are their artistic characteristics?

The main theme of the "Dragon and Phoenix Painting" and the "Dragon Painting" is that the soul of the owner of the tomb is being guided to heaven.

The painting of the Dragon and Phoenix shows the dragon and phoenix guiding the soul of the tomb owner to heaven. While the "Figure with Dragon on Palm Painting" depicts the tomb owner ascending to heaven on a dragon.

Artistic features:

I. "Characters Dragon and Phoenix Pali Painting"

1. The whole painting is modeled by line drawing, with strong, simple and smooth lines. The handling of black and white relationship and the arrangement of the position of the characters are all unique. In addition, in the character lips, sleeves and other places slightly dotted vermilion color, in the phoenix bird, the character of the clothing to add decoration, all make the work rich in decorative flavor.

2, although the whole line is quite simple, but the change is very rich, sparse and dense contrast, thick and thin contrast is appropriate and natural. The line of the phoenix bird is obviously richer and more varied than that of the dragon, and the line mainly highlights the expression of the wind's dynamic modeling and graceful posture, and pays attention to the contrast between density and sparseness, with appropriate details.

The lines of the dragon are more slender and abbreviated, highlighting its quieter and more static posture, which contrasts with the flying posture of the phoenix bird formed by its violent ascension, and reveals the vitality of the phoenix bird.

Two, "figure imperial dragon silk painting"

1, the picture layout is appropriate, to the image of the master of the tomb as the center of the arrangement of space, the dragon, the wind, the fish, as well as the mikoshi cover, modeling proportionality is accurate, the character clothing line is very fine, and accurately portrayed the clothing silk texture of the texture of the mountain.

2, the character modeling is extremely vivid and evocative, as the side of the slightly lowered cheeks contemplative, smiling and wanting to speak, the owner of the tomb will be lowered to think like an understanding of the dashing focus on God portrayed.

3, this painting with fine brush, smooth lines, rich in zigzag, rigid and soft, thick and thin changes, the use of color is also more pure. In the painting style features still has the Chudi early painting unique treacherous and magnificent spiritual tone.

Expanded Information

The background of the creation of the two pictures:

One, "Characters of the Dragon and Phoenix Palm Painting"

The "Characters of the Dragon and Phoenix Picture" belongs to the funeral rituals of the use of the flag, the "Chusi", "Recruitment of Souls" there is a "like setting up a room of the king," clearly documented that during the Warring States period there were already a number of funeral ceremonies for the dead, and that there was no such thing as a funeral. It is recorded that during the Warring States period, there was already a custom of drawing portraits of the dead to invoke the soul, and the purpose of the creation of "Figures of Dragons and Phoenixes" is to enable the tomb owner to be led to ascend to heaven or to continue the prosperous life of the world of the living in the netherworld.

Second, the figure of the dragon painting on silk

Palm painting is the spirit of the soul to ascend to heaven of the inscription, in traditional Chinese culture as "dragon" for the gods. In traditional Chinese culture, the dragon is regarded as a god. It is the spirit of heaven and earth, and it can carry people or gods to the sky or invite them to travel in space.

This is a kind of fantasy, but it reflects the romanticism of the ancestors of the Chinese nation to conquer nature. This painting on silk reflects a wish of the forefathers for the immortality of the soul after death, traveling in the sky or ascending to the sky on a dragon.

The "Figure of the Dragon" was used at the time as a kind of work related to burial customs as "guiding the soul to ascend to heaven". In the Warring States, Qin and Han dynasties, people in the Jing and Chu regions had the habit of hanging portraits of the deceased in their houses after death, and they might also participate in the funeral and burial in this way.

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