Strange And Alienation-on The Meaning Of Balthus And Hopper's Paintings

Before the appearance of photography,painting has been undertaking the narrative function of the situation.David Hockney in the "secret knowledge" in the light of the impact of optical instruments on classical painting modeling.Since the beginning of the modern history of painting,it has entered the modern history of painting.In modern painting,Balthus is a spectator.Face the reality of everyday world,Balthus is a great master who dares to challenge the daily feelings.He uses a simplified,geometric figure type of character modeling,construction of a strange picture,so that the distance between the reality and the reality,and then the viewer into another space.A seemingly reality but in reality,the seemingly familiar but strange spiritual world.Hopper is a spy,he has a unique perspective of the world to observe the reality of the world.Hopper's painting language and lyric with critical,he uses light and shadow in the picture is composed of structure and the figures were hard edge processing,make it with the surrounding environment produced a modern alienation,the alienation,let people feel the loneliness in the depths of the soul.Two artists from different aspects,the use of their unique methods of unfamiliar,to challenge the world's sense of common.They use their own painting performance,reflecting the independent thinking of the self,the interpretation of the personal experience of the world and the perception of the world.