The Image Representation And Cultural Metaphor Of Mirror In Chinese Painting

Bronze mirror is a rich cultural and artistic heritage of bronze.When surveying ancient Chinese paintings,the mirror is a "regular visitor",and a considerable number of works are painted by the mirror.The words of the mirror in the painting are not the same under the painter’s pen.When the mirror in the painting is the protagonist,there will be wonderful interactive "dialogue" with the painter and the object,while as a supporting role,it is not only the props to decorate the picture as simple,reflecting endless interest.Combining with the author’s own specialty,this paper,starting from the painting art field,studies the painting works containing mirrors in the pictures from the eastern Han dynasty to the Qing dynasty.The purpose is to analyze the representational features of the painting historical materials,link the historical background and allusions,comprehensively understand the cultural meaning and connotation reflected under the image,comb the ancient Chinese painting and historical culture,and deepen the understanding of the composition and cultural paradigm of the ancient painting.Firstly,the author collects,sorts out and classifies the ancientmirror paintings.To understand the historical background and allusions and legends of these paintings,and to find the entry point of this subject by combining the cultural status and characteristics of the mirror of the corresponding era.Then the materials are sorted out according to the theme of the argument,and then the schematic features and composition methods of the ancient mirror painting are extracted from a small perspective,and the cultural connotation and metaphor behind them are further studied,so as to deeply understand the multiple meanings of the mirror in different contexts and consciousness in ancient paintings.Case analysis is the cornerstone of this paper,and the focus of each chapter is the interpretation and interpretation of representative works and draw inferences from one to three.Analyze the available material to provide a strong argument.This paper analyzes the cultural characteristics of the mirror and explores its cultural connotation by focusing on the mirror in more than 100 paintings collected by the author and combining with the key parts in literary materials and documents that conform to the topic of this paper.Then,from the perspective of image representation,this paper analyzes the indirect "positive and negative composition" of ancient mirror painting and its influence on the imaginary space,and focuses on three aspects: position,space and perspective.The research was assisted by longitudinal--comparison of different frames of ancient paintings,and horizontal--comparison of different perspective concepts at home and abroad.The third chapter discusses the figurative meanings of the mirror in painting and the cultural connotation behind it.