Eight Style And Spirit Of Chu Sao And Other

Qi Baishi, the leading master of modern Chinese painting once said there had been no one except Bada Shanren whose painting made one delighted and prostrate in history. As a master and giant of personality school in the history of Chinese ancient painting, Bada exerted a tremendous influence not only on the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, Shanghai School Painting, but also on Chinese painting world of the 20th century. Many intellectuals and artists such as Shi Tao, Zheng Banqiao and Wu Changshuo showed great respect for Bada, some even match him with the greatest artist Gogh, Vincent van. Compared with the work of individualistic painters in Ming and Qing Dynasty, the paintings of Bada Shanren manifested more tragic consciousness and historical quality and style. He was also a master who gave expression to symbolism style most completely in Chinese painting history. Basing on the former study and tragic aesthetics theory, this thesis has approached the internal relationship between Chinese traditional poetic spirit and the establishment of Bada' s painting style through analysis of his poems and paintings.The thesis is composed of three parts: leading exposition, discuss on creative power and discuss on text style. In the first part, the expanding course of the earliest argument between poetry and Li Sao in Chinese poetic history is reviewed. The argument that lasted from Han Dynasty to Tang Dynasty reflected the sharp conflict between passion and feudal ethics in feudal society. It also reflected the difference between their creation patterns. In this argument, Chu Sao spirit and Chu Sao tradition in which Qu Yuan was regarded as the main body reflected deeply the free spirit of arts and advanced it into a lyric literary tradition of romanticism, which became the unique characteristics of Chinese literature later. Expression under indignation was the key concept of Chu Sao spirit. As typical representatives, Qu Yuan, Sima Qian, Han Yu, Ouyang Xiu, Li Zhi, and Huang Zongyi formed a poetic inheritance school that was characterized with indignant texts. The two main points expressed in Chu Sao spirit were the sharp conflict between individual and society and the solitary spirit of the aesthetics creative persons. The sharp conflict was social foundation on which Chu Sao spirit relied for forming while the solitary spirit formed the important psychological base on which artist imagine and passion relied for appearance. Qu Saotradition not only established a value model for Chinese to conduct themselves in society but also affected later generations in a perceptual way that was different from Confucianism and became source of aesthetic creation.In the second part, a penetrating analysis is made on the spiritual resource and the motive power of Bada' s paintings. It expands in the three respects: the historical background of the times Bada lived, the sense of philosophy and the literature.The replace of Qing Dynasty with Ming Dynasty made a greater impact on the whole society and ideology than ever before. As a prince5 s descendant, Bada5 s feeling was a typical example. In 1644, he was forced to flee from home soon after the destruction of Ming Dynasty and the death of his father. Official career was ruined and conflict with the society was the direct reason why Chu Sao spirit appeared in his paintings. Vanishing of illusion and the sense of loneliness arising therefrom strengthened the tragic psychology that ran through his whole life. As to Bada5 s contact with people, the longstanding friendship with" Yrtang" persons made known his wish to save the nation from extinction and to be of benefit to society, which helped to strengthen Chu Sao spirit as well. Carrying forward of Chu Sao tradition also became an important part of the unique culture of adherents of a former dynasty between Ming and Qing Dynasty. Bada spent all his life in Buddhist temple, but the Chan sect was only for use while Confucianism the noumenon in the depth of his heart. Bada5 s absorbing of Chu Sao spirit worked in concert with t...