Study On The Generation And Evolution Of Yangliuqing New Year Wood-block Prints

As a typical representative of traditional folk art forms,Yangliuqing New Year woodblock pictures have their own unique features in terms of expression techniques,subject matter,aesthetic pursuit and industrial operation.These characteristics also make Yangliuqing New Year wood-block pictures long famous and become the representative of northern New Year pictures.This folk art form embodies rich and diverse image connotations in social life,which are closely related to a series of knowledge systems such as history,religion,folklore,life,culture and belief.It not only reflects the customs of the farming society,but also reflects the working people’s yearning for a better life.At the same time,it clearly intervenes in the process of social and historical change in the way of image recording.It not only enriches the creation of the festive atmosphere of the New Year,but also subtly presents the forms of traditional Chinese opera,literature,music,art and so on in the picture.It perfectly combines real life with the pursuit of romanticism,presenting the most simple and unadorned folk art appeal.This paper discusses the generation and evolution of Yangliuqing New Year woodblock pictures,aiming to sort out their stylistic features in subject expression,technique and aesthetic changes from the perspective of image research.The historical origin and the literature value of its diversified evolution are traced back.The cultural relationship between it and public life,home environment,customs and other aspects is interpreted.Analyze the visual form presented in the image level;And consider its inheritance,transformation and continuation from the perspective of contemporary culture.Based on the purpose of this study,I will be the main body is divided into four parts: the first part,from the perspective of the image,their roots,dig the yangliuqiu woodcut New Year pictures of image origin,cultural background,making sample related aspects such as material,through the analysis of materials from different angles to present this folk art form is generated by the objective conditions,and under these conditions is the generation of the context.This context sorts out the dimensional relations constructed by social,political,historical,cultural,geographical and industrial characteristics and other factors.The second part discusses the generation of "image" in Yangliuqing New Year wood-block pictures from the perspective of formal analysis.The image construction of this folk art is based on many elements,and its generation discussion has typical characteristics.It not only draws lessons from the mainstream painting form,but also absorbs other folk art forms and influences the modeling principle of western art,as well as the artistic expansion of folk painters.Through the summary of these image characteristics,together with the association of many elements,the richness and multiple characteristics of the "image" generation of this folk art form are sorted out one by one,and the image generation path of works with different themes is comprehensively grasped.The third part,based on the yangliuqiu adaptability features of woodcut New Year pictures and cross the image rheological characteristics,from "diachronic" and "synchronic" clues to establish two aspects,on the one hand,the image of the historical stage of rheological internal logic clear,find out why figure decent state,whether influence the formation of the next sample state,etc.On the one hand,the relationship between the salient features of image rheology and the synchronic situation is discussed by taking the image presentation technique and collective spirit expression in a specific background as the external investigation.This part takes social and image expression,cultural semantic transformation and subject matter technology innovation as specific issues,and discusses the image evolution characteristics of Yangliuqing New Year wood-block pictures in different periods,different historical and cultural backgrounds and different social aesthetic orientations.Some are the evolution of cultural phenomena,some are the control of social system,some are the needs of the internal development of the industry,and the practical needs of public life,etc.,both gradual and cross.The fourth part,in the context of contemporary culture,discusses the cultural connotation of Yangliuqing New Year wood-block pictures,a folk art form,as well as the transformation and reconstruction of expression language.As a "small tradition" in the culture,how to establish the relationship between "watching" and "being watched",and how to interpret the "elegant" and "vulgar" cognition presented in the new and old times from the perspective of intervening in the public life.In terms of language conversion of images,attention should be paid to the application of "high-quality elements" of this folk art form in contemporary art creation,so as to not only regenerate this folk art in its own language category,but also transform and recreate it in other art fields.Through the discussion of the four parts of this paper,we can clearly summarize the origin,expansion,evolution and decline of Yang Liu Qing New Year wood-block pictures in various situations,showing the characteristics of the image close to the public folk,wide circulation of the spread,easy to understand the practicability and the diversity of the construction techniques.In addition,it provides enlightenment for the value orientation of contemporary life,and provides reference for contemporary artistic creation in terms of language,concept,emotional expression and meaning direction.