The traditional Chinese paintings of urban themesemerged from the Song Dynasty, andlasts throughout each period until the reform and opening up of China, such as "along the river during the Qing Ming Festival","flourishing breeding chart". However, these works are either limited to objective description of city life, or led by political mainstreams. After the reform and opening up, Chinese society has undergone tremendous changes, accelerating the Chinese social urbanization. The modern metropolis theme painting has risen as a result. Its emergence meets the need of an era of development,embodies the aesthetic value of the time, and promotes the modernization process of Chinese meticulous portraits with its practical significance. The promotion of modern meticulous portraits diversified development in language form, the creation technique, and spiritual intension. Of course, some new problems that need further studying also appeared in the urban theme painting at the same time. Regarding this, the author believes that the dialectical inheritance, sound absorption, fully inclusive and equitable method to study the urban theme modern meticulous portraitshas practical significance to explore the future development. |