High Altitude Forces

The artistic oil-painting creation of the Tibetan people, area and culture is anoutstanding kind of culture force beyond the categories of subject in modern arthistory of China. With its unique cultural connotation and aesthetic pursuit, itbecomes an important part of art-creations in China.The creation-history of the Tibetan theme reflects the realcreation-experience of the artistic development of China. Meanwhile, not only hadthe magnificent beauty and the greatness it had shown delighted up the trend to ahigher level, but also the spirit of exploring and braveness the painters shown hadgreatly improved the means to create. Such experience has been consulted to thepromotion of the art in China.The oil-painting creation of the Tibetan theme has not only met the real needsof the artistic development but also embodied the connotation which was in thegreat lack in the transitional period of Chinese art. What's more, it enhancedspiritual level of modern Chinese art. Since the fruitful achievements had perfectlydeduced the pure painting language in Chinese style, it becomes an essentialoil-painting manifestation with the identity of China.As the reflection of the epoch, the mainstream of the oil-painting creation inTibet have been focusing on the mental condition and the features of human all thetime. It expressed the recognition to the situation of being a pluralistic unit whichis the current situation of China. It advocated the aesthetic of nation and thepursuit of three principles: the truth, the good and the beauty as well. Byobjectively reflected the changes of the Tibetan society as well as the Tibetanpeople, it become a mirror which imaged the promotion socially and nationally ofChina, too.