Comparison And Research Of Watermark Prints In The South And The North

Chinese watermark prints use water based pigment to print,which are a kind of print form with "water flavor",up to now have been developed for more than two thousand years.From the glorious journey of ancient copy watermark prints,to now the inheritance of the creative prints,we can clearly recognize the deep meaning of the cultural connotation of watermark prints.In this long process,the expressive form and artistic style of the watermark prints,change with the constant variation of the factors of natural environment,production method and cultural background,the watermark prints gradually transform from the ancient copy prints to the modern creative prints.The Chinese modern watermark woodcut and new woodcut developal most in the same period,draw the essence of Chinese traditional painting,based on Chinese national aesthetic,and have distinctive national characteristics.Our country has vast territory and numerous nationalities,distinct natural conditions and splendid ethnic culture create different customs and cultural characteristics in various regions,making the human geography of northern and southern China have large differences,resulting in each one of the style of the southern and northern artists in the creation of the watermark prints has its own merits.Because of the difference between the northern and southern climatic conditions and the print conditions and environment of the watermark prints,make the printing techniques,expressive form and people's aesthetic tastes of different regions are different.Therefore,hoping to through combing the history of watermar kwoodcut and deeply exploring and comparing the northern and southern watermark prints,to promote and improve the understanding and study of the watermarkwoodcut.At present,Chinese modern watermark prints have formed representative modern watermark print group in southern and northern China.This paper mainly takes the Jiangsu watermark prints in southern China and the Great Northern wilderness watermark prints in northern China for example,through referring to the relevant literature,to analyse the the similarities and differences of the southern and northern watermark prints,deeply explore the factors which lead to the different styles.Nowadays,the watermark technology is a creative technique,not only the role of reproduction,but also an artistic form of conveying the regional culture,and even the national culture.Fine watermark prints left over from history,are valuable and rich cultural heritages,which makes us shouldre-examine the value of the existence of watermark prints.Deeply digthe intrinsic cultural connotation of watermark prints,to make this traditional technique with long history continue to inherit.