Study Of Yantai “New Paper Cutting”

With various subjects, Yantai paper cutting art has a long history and occupies an important place in paper cutting. As time goes by, especially since the establishment of the nation, more and more paper cutting artists with new and creative ideas which are different from traditional ones have come out. Their design techniques, techniques of expression and types of topics have changed a lot. Not only rural women and folk artists, but also many professional artists have joined the paper cutting, and formed the distinctive Yantai “new paper cutting”.Thesis mainly focuses on the study of Yantai “new paper cutting” which are created from the early years of the new nation to the beginning of the 21 stcentury. It is the time when Yantai “new paper cutting” were prosperous, well developing and created variously. With the aim to enrich the vivid resources for the study of Yanti contemporary history and culture, and provide a reference for the transform of Yantai traditional paper cutting to new ones, this thesis makes some organizations,studies and summaries on Yantai new paper cutting of this period.The first part of this thesis is the introduction. The second part is the general summary of Yantai “new paper cutting”. The third part is style characteristics of Yantai“new paper cutting”. The fourth part is the changes and inheritance between Yantai“new paper cutting”and traditional ones. The fifth part is the conclusion.In the part of introduction, the writer mainly focuses on the reasons, purposes,significance, and previous study situation and research methods. The second part illustrates the introduction of Yantai paper cutting from the following three aspects:firstly, the usage of Yantai “new paper cutting”; secondly, the background of “new paper cutting” and the cultural transform from the point of Yantai geography and humanistic environment; thirdly, the study on connotation and development of Yantai“new paper cutting”. The third part illustrates the style characteristics which is the most important part, form the four aspects: the first aspects is the study on the contents and subjects of “new paper cutting”, the second part is the techniques of expression;the third part is the study on the style characteristics; and the last part is about the tools and materials. In the fourth part, the writer introduces the reference and changes from the traditional paper cutting. In the last part, the writer makes a summary and hope itcan make contribution to the development of Yantai “new paper cutting”.With the hope to reveal the essence of the art and draw people’s attention to Yantai “new paper cutting” and,and make this art inherited and develop well, this thesis main focuses on the time features, the art of decoration and the style and characteristics.