"The Four Important Persons Of The Oracle"-An Exploration Of The Theme Creation Practice Of Historical Characters

The development of Chinese figure painting is full of twists and turns.There were two peaks in the Tang and Song dynasties.But with the rise of literati painting in Song dynasty,the division of landscape painting,flowers and birds painting,and the influence of ideas,such as emphasis on ink,shape underestimation,etc,the figure painting gradually went to a trough.In the 20 th century,the cultural and artistic of the East and the West compromised.In order to get rid of the decline of Chinese figure painting,a large number of aspiring painters went abroad to study,and brought in Western scientific perspectives and modeling methods,so that Chinese figure paintings changed their faces of weakness,and began to appear the characteristics of rigorous modeling and realistic imagery.A lot of artists such as Jiang zhaohe and Xu Beihong played a huge role in promoting the development of Chinese figure painting in the 20 th century.The creation of the historical figures as the theme is an important content in Chinese figure paintings.The two are the relationship between including and being included.In the process of the sudden rise and rapid development of Chinese figure painting,the theme creation of historical figures had reached an unprecedented height.This article is divided into three parts.In the first part,the author introduces the theme creation of historical figures,and the classic works and artists in the history of art.It tells us the connotation of the theme creation of historical figures,explains the origin and development of the theme creation of historical figures,and analyzes the current situation of the theme creation of historical figures.In the second part of the article,the author studies a series of questions about intention,conception,sculpt,ink,color,composition and so on in the painting theory based on his own work "The Four Important Persons of the Oracle".The last part is a summary of this theme creation,which includes the selection of modeling methods and ink,the deep connotation of the work,and the transmission of important ideas.The famous physicist Newton said: "If I have been able to see farther,it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants." Because of the constant emergence of such "giants",society keeps moving forward and history keeps progressing.These "giants" are in common with the historical figures mentioned in this article.They have all made outstanding contributions in their own fields.They should be remembered by history.As a character painter,the author of this article should dig out more historical materials and eulogize the remarkable contributions of these historical figures.These are also the responsibility and mission of a figure painter.