Claborate-style Flower and bird painting,with a long history,is a very important part of traditional Chinese art.It has various themes,and is outstanding among the world art forest for it’s distinctive painting performance and fascination.It has a extensive influence.In traditional Claborate-style flower and bird painting,drawers always paint animals and plants,flowers,insects and fishes to express their artistic feeling by anthropomorphic lyric which is particularly belongs to Chinese art,reaching the humanistic spirit that unity of man and nature.Still life exists in Claborate-style painting as one theme.Though the earliest provenance is ambiguous,we can find the rudiment of still life element in potteries of neolithic age.The prosperity of flower and bird painting in song dynasty can reflect that still life was widely applied as a characteristic theme,and it’s description technique and structure were various.Still life element has being used in Claborate-style painting in all ages,although mostly as setoff of animals and plants.Such as basket,home decoration,furnishing,saddle,reins and so on.At present,with the diversified development of social and cultural environment,aesthetic orientation,the increasing of cultural exchanges among various countries,collision and blending of different cultural concepts,all these have a great influence on bird-and-flower painting creation,which lead the painting theme and description to develop toward the diversified trend.Especially in recent years,painters of the traditional Chinese realistic paintings have usually depicted some themes that are closely associated their lives and are no longer confined to the traditional expression themes and expression skills;they have also blended into them the concepts of artistic creation conforming the needs of the aesthetic needs of time,thus granting the still life images in the traditional Chinese realistic paintings some breakthroughs and innovations in such aspects as the expression materials,themes,image configuration,color expressions and painting concepts and presenting the new characteristics conforming to the era of aesthetic.The styles and characteristics of the painting works of each historical era must conform to the aesthetic demand and social background of this era.With the development of the society and the popularization of education,people’s aesthetic standards have been elevated and the demands for artistic works have also been on constant rise.This requires that the creation of the traditional Chinese realistic paintings is no longer an art of the cultured,but rather becomes a daily artistic cultural activity that caters to the public and become an art form that is appealing to both cultured and popular tastes.The application of the still life images in the traditional Chinese realistic paintings is experiencing a transformation from the traditional form to the modern form,which is a historical option as well as a necessity for its own development.This paper starts from the application transformation of the still life images in the traditional Chinese realistic paintings and sorts out the development history of the still life images in the traditional Chinese realistic paintings;it also conducts an analysis of the causes of the transformation to the modern form,and also,through the method of analyzing the typical works,summarizes the new characteristics that have been presented still life images of the traditional Chinese realistic paintings in such two major aspects as the painting styles and painting concepts;meanwhile,it conducts an exploration on the enlightenment of still life themes on the creation of the traditional Chinese realistic paintings. |