The Application Of Li Xian’s Tomb Frescoes To The Art Of Chinese Figure Painting

Li Xian’s Tomb Frescoes in Gu Yuan City,Ning Xia Hui Autonomous Region,describe the tomb owner’s actual life in a way of realistic.The frescoes,seen in different places of the tomb,were depicted with hard-brushstrokes,simple and smooth lines,vigorous and rusticity brushworks.The figures of the frescoes are provably tall,bright colored,and portrayed vividly,bold but not vulgar,which reflects the characteristics of simplicity,brightness,briskness and unrestrained of the paints in the Northern Zhou period.To people who work on Chinese figure painting creation,there is great value in Chinese art elements of Li Xian’s Tomb Frescoes.This article attempts to discuss the learning and reference of Chinese character art from other culture in three aspects: figure profiling,line,and color have brought to Chinese figure drawing creation.Meanwhile,combining with my own work The Rainy Season,discuss the great value of Li Xian’s Tomb Frescoes to the "watch" series figure painting creation...