Crisis Theory Of Artistic Representation:from Imitation To Representation

The crisis theory of representation involves the crisis of practice of representation and the crisis of concept of representation.First,art practice is accompanied by the transition from classical to modern to postmodern.,and every change means a breakthrough in the original paradigm.Second,the crisis of artistic representation is an opportunity to reflect and reconstruct the concept of artistic representation.With the transformation of the art representation paradigm,the original concept of artistic representation is difficult to effectively explain the new artistic phenomenon,which forces the art theory community to reflect on and reconstruct the concept and category of artistic representation,thus expanding the connotation of artistic representation.In this sense,the "crisis of the concept of artistic representation" is "the opportunity" in the"crisis".Every reflection and representation continues the vitality of the concept of artistic representation itself.In other words,the concept of artistic representation brought about by each crisis is a response to the representation of crisis in artistic practice.Each response means reflection and reconstruction of the original artistic concept,which inspires the vitality of art representation in the crisis.The crisis of artistic representation is neither to say that the concept of artistic representation is outdated,nor that the concept of artistic representation has been abandoned,but that the concept of artistic representation has actively responded to the practice of artistic representation,and the focus of the concept of artistic representation has shifted,The connotation has changed.The research object selected in this paper is Western painting art.The article intends to discuss it from three aspects.The first chapter traces the roots.The artistic practice of this chapter corresponds to the classical and ideal art.It introduces the theory of artistic imitation.The focus is on the artistic concept of Vasari and Winkelman.The second chapter discusses the changes in the concept of artistic imitation in the classical period.This chapter focuses on Gombrich’s point of view,focusing on the transformation of imitation into representation.Gombrich clearly proposed the crisis theory of artistic representation,and actually expanded the connotation of art imitation theory.The judging ruler of its artistic representation is no longer the reality of the appearance world,but whether the art form itself has vitality The third chapter returns to the moden art practice since Impressionism,with Roger Frye,Greenberg and Foucault as the core to discuss the crisis of artistic representation.The third chapter discusses the crisis of the art representation theory in modern times.Roger Frye advocates the "de-narrative nature"of art representation,from the appearance to the inner truth.Greenberg proposed media purity,emphasizing that all kinds of art find their own media purity.At this time,one characteristic is the stage of artistic differentiation and the further differentiation of various art categories.In the post-modernism stage,the art of painting changed from visual art research to visual culture research,emphasizing the representation of artistic identity by art,emphasizing the ideology of an image.