Preserving Of Classic Spirit

Under the influence of multi-cultures, flowers and birds paintings in gongbi are facing the situation of transformation and re-construction, which are new requirements and new challenges for modern painters in this field. As a result, different kinds of flowers and birds paintings in gongbi have appeared on the basis of applying various artistic philosophies and techniques. Therefore, it is a historical mission for these painters to inherit the spirit of the Chinese traditional paintings in the process of transition to modern age. Jiang Hongwei has developed a unique classic style of his own, which makes him one of the leading figures in modern flowers and birds paintings in gongbi. His style is resulted from learning and absorbing multi-cultures on the basis of inheriting classic aesthetic spirits, hence both classic style and modern aesthetic beauty included. The contribution he made to the development of flowers and birds paintings in gongbi is worthy of our research and discussion.After analyzing his works in the latter half of the 1990s, research was done on how his classic style and aesthetic expression are formed. Aesthetic quality and practical significance on modern flowers and birds paintings in gongbi were discussed. It is significant and worthy of research for the creation of modern flowers and birds paintings by probing the aesthetic trends and explaining the innately aesthetic beauty.Under the influence of multi-cultures, bias towards the traditional cultures has led to aesthetic diverting, hence the mechanical copying and blind following after non-major culture. The classic spirit embodied in Jiang Hongwei's works has called on deciphering the spirits of traditional culture again. It can guide the creating and research on flowers and birds paintings in gongbi and enrich and develop the quintessence of China and the classic arts by figuring out the aesthetic deviation, calling on the return of the Chinese traditional spirits and leading the aesthetic trends of elegant arts.In spite of various styles and forms in modern flowers and birds paintings in gongbi and a number of painters in this field, little research has been done on them, especially on Jiang Hongwei's works. The research on the classic style of Jiang Hongwei's flowers and birds paintings in gongbi enables us to learn how he extended the classic aesthetic spirit and developed the artistic creation of flowers and birds paintings in gongbi to shape our own style. This will also be significant and instructive for the development and creating of modern flowers and birds paintings in gongbi by absorbing his creative essence. This enables us to realize that flowers and birds paintings in gongbi will go further and have more significance on the basis of inheriting traditional aesthetic spirits and absorbing the western artistic essence.