| There is a tendency that fine brushwork paintings of figures are reviving in recent years. Since late 1990s, the tendency has been persisting and strengthening. The painstaking effort of a great many of artists in the field has brought about the prosperity of the fine brushwork paintings of figures in China and are now creating a new order in fine brushwork painting of figures. The problems to be solved in fine brushwork painting are not the forms. The more important is what the paintings will express– the emotion and the feelings. The creation of artistic innovation must introduce new feelings in the works.The development of fine brushwork paintings has experienced a process from the immature stage to the mature stage, from disorder to order and from the multi-radiation to integration. It can be easily seen in the grand exhibitions of fine brushwork paintings that fine brushwork painting of figures has accomplished the integration of artist groups, concept of painting and styles and methods.Decorative fine art has been the traditional artistic symbol of a nation. It is not only the heritage of the ancient culture of a nation, but also the profound manifestation of its traditional ideology and aesthetic consciousness. The reason why traditional Chinese painting is called the"decorative art"is that one of the arts that emphasizes the style of decoration in the world paintings. Decorativeness characterizes the traditional Chinese painting and it is a part of the beauty in form. That is the purpose we engage in the study of the decorativeness of traditional Chinese paintings.The paper is divided into four parts, starting from tracing the source of decorative art. It discusses the understanding of form and artistic concept, the experience in painting, and the inheritance and innovation in today's fine brushwork painting of figures. Then the paper comes to the conclusion that fine brushwork painting of figures in China now develops by innovating the tradition as well as inheriting the tradition, distinguishing itself from foreign culture as well as draw lessons from foreign culture. While needing diversity in style, Chinese painting should be innovated in the degree of not losing itself. The Chinese artists should have an international vision in art, closely follow the real life and cultural and humane background with the profound traditional culture as the foundation. They should be fond of absorbing new ideas and techniques form others and keep the conformity between form and art. They should follow the ancient principle of"taking the nature as the model and creating art works with one's mind."The only ways for the development of fine brushwork painting in China are emphasizing the unique feature of Chinese traditional art, expressing the aesthetic standards of Chinese nation, and reflect the spiritual pursuit of the people in the modern world. |
