A Study Of The Literati's Aesthetic Taste In Soviet-style Furniture In The Late Ming Dynasty

In the late Ming dynasty,jiangnan region experienced unprecedented economic development and rapid development of handicraft industry.All kinds of craftsmen are active in suzhou,which is the center of jiangnan area,making the handicraft level in this area increasingly improved.At the same time,with the disorder of the political environment and the rise of secular culture in the late Ming dynasty,the literati of this period had a very high aesthetic pursuit for furniture and other living objects.The literati also took an active part in the construction of furniture and other living utensils,put forward aesthetic needs,and presented them with the power of the craftsman's ingenuity.In this context,the development of furniture in suzhou and other places in the late Ming dynasty also reached the peak since the Ming dynasty.As the model of traditional creation,su-style furniture is not only the representative of Ming style furniture,but also the wisdom crystallization of traditional literati and skillful craftsmen who jointly participated in the construction since late Ming dynasty.As the design of the Soviet furniture,the literati's aesthetic appreciation runs through the whole process of creating,appreciating and using furniture.The beginning of furniture design is the beginning of literati's participation in creation.Literati and craftsmen cooperate to put forward the demand of creation and closely infuse the concept into the process of furniture creation.It points out the direction for the literati to participate in the aesthetic taste of the su-style furniture.Furthermore,as for the individual shaped Soviet furniture,since the literati participated in the furniture construction,the characteristics closely related to the literati's aesthetic taste can be seen in the structure,shape and decoration of the produced Soviet furniture.Finally,at the life level of literati,as a very practical daily appliance,the su-style furniture has a close and profound connection with literati's life through literati's use of objects,which contains the aesthetic taste of literati on the life use of objects.