Conflicts·Fission·Reconstruction-Introduce The Evolution Of Chinese Painting's Concept In Late Qing Dynasty And Republic Of China

This thesis takes the evolution and development in the conceptionion of Chinese painting in the Late Qing Dynasty as the subject, and analyses emphatically the changes of the traditional Chinese painting under the influence of its Western counterpart . By comparing Chinese painting with Western painting as well as the difference between paintings in ancient and modern China, it aims to work out the framework of the evolution and development in the conception of Chinese painting.The late Qing Dynasty was a humiliating history for China in terms of economics and politics, particularly in the military. However, instead of being treated as a declining century ,the Chinese painting yet ushered a period of diverse and flourishing development. With the unprecedented freedom of people's minds, conservative thoughts and the innovative passion within Chinese painting circle came into fierce collision with the conception of Western painting which fluxing into China then. As a result,the Chinese art circle broke the dominating trend of"Lierator painting"which has been popular since the Yuan Dynasty and presented a mount of magnificent painting works under many new-formed schools.Some changes in this period has been accompanied by controversies ,such as how to properly treat the influence of the conception of Western painting on the traditional Chinese painting, how to maintain its distinctive characteristics, and how to carry forward the essence of it. These problems have been, and will continue be the concerns of Chinese painting in its development.