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Creative Study of Spacial Structure in Chinese Freehand Brushwork Figure Painting
Abstract
Traditional Chinese freehand brushwork figure is developed from stick figure initially, focusing on the spirit contained in the pen and ink form. To understand its evolution in spacial structure, in addition to the nature of freehand brushwork, we also have to know the technique, the form, the meaning and the aesthetics. From the long-term creation and the repeated refinement, we discover that linear structure is a standard norm with strong national characteristics. This study aims to analyze the creation ideas, subject and content, form and technique and general presentation in traditional freehand brushwork figure painting, in which painters use simple and perspicuous lines to express the inner spirit of the figures, and whose spacial structure contains both spirit and form. The study approaches include document analysis, history analysis and creation quality analysis, in order to explore the problematic of spacial structure arrangement in personal freehand brushwork figure painting, in an attempt to create a newer style. This study is based on the following points: 1. By studying the stick figure painting of Wu Dao-Zi and Liang Kai, from multiple angles of aesthetics, philosophy and history, focusing on the aesthetic themes like “freehand brushwork”, “space”, “spacial structure”, to explore creation ideas about personal ink drawing. 2. Based on aesthetic and philosophical theories, from the existing linear structure of traditional figures with the form of pen and ink drawing, under the elaborate arrangement, observation and generalization of the painters, to demonstrate the creation combining Western figure painting and to expound the different and the same aesthetics between Chinese and Western figure painting composition. 3. To practice local freehand brushwork style with ink painting, to put creation ideas to test and transform them into multiple space structure in order to correspond with modern visual movement, in an attempt to catch the present and explore infinite space of future new freehand brushwork.
Main points of each chapter are as follows: Chapter One Introduction: analysis of the motivation and the purpose of this study, study approaches and procedure, study scope and limit, and lexical explanation. Examination and analysis of Chinese ancient drawing theories and aesthetics, illustrated by pictures and texts. Chapter Two Research of Documents and Analysis of Pictures: exploration of the meaning of freehand brushwork figure painting and its development, and presentation of spacial structure. Chapter Three Creation ideas and practice: mailnly demonstrate the creation idea and its practice,and methodological problems about the application of these elements on creation. Chapter Four Analysis of works: in light of creation ideas, theoretical basis, theme and content, form and technique and general presentation, to analyze 20 works, including “Hometown Consciousness Series”, “Hometown Mountain Love Series”, “Poems and Songs Deconstruction Series”. A general analysis and synthesis. Chapter Five Conclusion: reflection on future creation. Through the exploration and reflection on aesthetics, drawing theories, philosophy and art theories, at the end of the study, we find out that the space arrangement, synchronic, diachronic, multiple space are interwoven in the presentation of modern ink figure painting, including the close relationship between individual and crowd, human and object. this study induces the creation results and the steps of the future creation: 1. “Spirit-resonance Life-movement”, in addition to the image, the painter also has to introduce emotion. The interrelationship between people, the coexistence of humans and objects, everything is connected, which leads to the movement of the whole space structure. 2. Combining Chinese and Western painting theories, to explore the space arrangement of ink figure painting. “Image” is the premise when a painter creates, after that comes “emotion”, namely empathy, and then the painting comes to life. From image to empathy and multiple space structure on the painting, this is the artery of an art work, which forms the meaning and aesthetic values. It is expected that future creation will be directed towards a combination of spirit and creation, to practice moral culture via artistic creation, and to return to the pastoral, to “truth”, to “nothingness”, in order to catch the present and explore infinite space of future new freehand brushwork.
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