The Presentation Of Freehand Spirit In Contemporary Meticulous Portrait Paintings

Evolution of contemporary meticulous portrait paintings is not only originated the inevitable submission behavior of the painting subject in the pattern of world art, but also self-adjust and reposition of traditional painting paradigm in the contemporary context. The spiritual orientation of Chinese painting also faces the evolution of historical fate in the restrictions. This paper takes the method of literature analysis, image analysis and sociology of art. It is to find the development trajectory of contemporary meticulous portrait paintings and the presentation of "freehand spirit" in the contemporary meticulous portrait paintings by analysis of "freehand spirit" in the traditional meticulous portrait paintings, and to find the restriction and expansion of "freehand spirit" in the contemporary meticulous portrait paintings.This paper will discuss from three aspects:first, it is to find the cogitation restrictions of national culture through the evolution of meticulous portrait painting’s concept, and then to find the stipulation function of "freehand spirit" in the classical form of meticulous portrait paintings in order to summarize the concept of freehand in meticulous portrait paintings. By expounding the relation among form, spirit, rhyme and image in classical period, the paper aims to find the commonalities of freehand spirit in the traditional context. Within the depth of meticulous portrait painting’s noumenon, the paper clarifies the image presentation of freehand spirit in the process of painting creation include creation subject, conception, composition, shape outlook, color concept and so on. Freehand of classical meticulous portrait paintings originates the confluence of the traditional culture of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. As the longest category of Chinese painting, the meticulous portrait paintings shows a relatively closed system of aesthetic, but more important is the continuous evolution as a combination of cultural connotation and art forms.Second, the development of contemporary meticulous portrait paintings is based on the process of Chinese culture’s modernization. The modern transformation of Chinese painting is not based on internal force of modernity, but begins with the heterogeneous culture of modern intervention. Among the complex background, the paper aims to get a conclusion that freehand spirit can incorporate traditional spirit into a new framework and excavate its potential strength by discussing culture change, the collision of modernity between China and west and so on.Third, the paper discuss the freehand character of contemporary meticulous portrait paintings by reflection of Chinese painting’s essence in contemporary meticulous portrait paintings, the opposition and correspondence between tradition and modernity, the expansion of meticulous portrait paintings’language. Contemporary meticulous portrait paintings is built to get rid of the Pan-political tendency, and gets an equal and objective idea towards traditional and modern, East and West. It is to avoid the deviation of the motive and effect of the traditionalists in the practice of painting and prevent the damage of radicalism through analyzing the dynamic and tolerance of freehand spirit in meticulous portrait paintings.The end of this paper points out that the transmutation of meticulous portrait paintings in the contemporary era is diverse. On the one hand, freehand spirit draws lessons from traditional meticulous portrait paintings freely. On the other hand, it merges the other kinds of painting abstemious. Its aim is to find the possible way of construction in the opposition between tradition and modernity.