Study Of Wild Style Of Xu Xi Painting School

Xu Xi painting school was formed in the history, it was opened up by Xu Xi in Five Dynasties and promoted by Cui Bai, Yi Yuanji et al in Northern Song Dynasty. The school established its embryonic form in Five Dynasties and Southern Tang, it was growing maturity in Northern and Southern Dynasties, and then it was inherited and developed by many followers in Yuan. Ming and Qing Dynasties. At last, this painting school was across the millennium and long lasting. Xu Xi School represented the flowers and birds painting created in the wild mindset.In the earlier period of the Qin and Han Dynasties, Chinese painting has a strong social function of "adult education and helpful ethics". while Xu Xi changed this situation and expressed his true nature by the deep merge of spiritual and natural good fortune. This change was a landmark.During the period of five dynasties. Xu Xi took the light simple but elegant color instead of the traditional claborate-style painting gorgeous style which was colored with heavy color. At the same time, he changed the traditional thinking that secular life and auspicious wealth were used as the creation theme, and found a wild way of the theme. What he had done is a huge leap in the history of painting. This wild theme is very impressive and kindness. The style with strong natural flavor influenced a lot of flowers and birds painters in the later generations.This article makes a comb about Xu Xi’s painting system, painting style and major influence on future generations by researching and analyzing Xu Xi’s times background, environmental factors and other various aspects. And then, this article makes a systematic study of the wild style created by Xu Xi by analyzing works of Xu Xi himself and his followers.