What are the ways to appreciate Chinese paintings

Appreciation Chinese paintings by looking at the chiaroscuro, ink, composition and form.

One, to look at the chiaroscuro

1, chiaroscuro is the overall requirements of the work, is the highest state of art should be achieved. It is also the main criterion for evaluating and analyzing Chinese paintings. In traditional Chinese painting, it refers to the sum of spirit and flavor. It should have momentum and grandeur, not craftsmanship and vulgarity. Yang Weizhen of the Yuan Dynasty pointed out: "Therefore, when it comes to the quality of a painting, there is the transmission of form, and there is the transmission of spirit. The one who transmits the spirit is also the one who has a vivid flavor."

2, with ink coloring the shaded sky, the rocks and stones are not much chapped and the weather is majestic Charm and vividness is a kind of overall induction of painting, is a kind of spiritual dialysis, is a kind of state of life comprehension. Good works are always accompanied by chiaroscuro, and the best works handed down in history are all characterized by chiaroscuro.

Second, to look at the ink and brush

1, in the traditional "six methods", Xiehe "bone method with the pen" in the second place. "Bone method" in Chinese painting refers to the use of lines as a skeleton for modeling. It incorporates the rules and aesthetic principles of Chinese calligraphy. It reflects the strength, texture and beauty of lines. Through different lines to reflect the dynamics of ink and brush, potential direction, rhyme and rhythm.

2. Through different lines to reflect the dynamics, potentiality, rhythm and tempo of the brush and ink, with the purpose of writing God, writing nature, writing heart and writing meaning. Therefore, writing is the spiritual essence of Chinese painting.

Three, to look at the composition, form

1, the composition of Chinese painting has a variety of forms, there are also a variety of ways to refer to the customary so-called "chapters", "layout". To express the content and form to be organized, arranged to form a reflective personality, present momentum, harmony and unity of the overall picture. Composition law has its own rules, the main law is the dialectic of unity of opposites.

2, the source of composition is life, is the eye, is the cultivation, is the style. From ancient to modern Chinese painting composition has many forms, self-contained chapter layout. Gu Kaizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty called the "placement of Chen Bu Shi", Xie He called the "operation of the location". Although the statement is not the same, but its meaning is the same.