On The Painting Of Song Dynasty

The original meaning of "portrait" is one of the generalizations of artistic expression in ancient Chinese art theory.It is the ancient people’s refinement of the life spirit and essence of the artistic expression object,which is full of the artistic creator’s own feelings about the vitality of the object’s life.There is never a lack of understanding of the "truth" in the spirit of art in ancient Chinese philosophy."Zhuangzi" contains "the truth is inside,the spirit moves outside",Jing Hao once said: "the truth is rich in temperament".The interpretation of "truth" in ancient artistic expressions is not the meaning of realism as a means of expression for photographs or realistic depictions since modern times.From this point of view,in the face of the Chinese ancient colored sculpture art,the concept of "portrait" in artistic creation is not only based on the external image we have seen and refined,thus achieving the colorful artistic effect.For colored sculptures,"writing" is a creative process,an artistic act,full of the aesthetic experience of the image in the author’s mind.This image based on the "symbol" of the religious image are presented under the infiltration of different artistic spirits by different material,technique language and creative method.After the long-term development of religious statues,and to the Song Dynasty,the art of colored sculptures presented their unique style of ’portrait’ in the history of ancient Chinese statues.Based on the continuous accumulation of art and experience of the predecessors,the colored sculptures in the Song Dynasty are based on the traditional craftsmanship,style,color and other production process characteristics.In terms of artistic style,on the one hand,they show the transition between deity and humanity of religious statues in the process of artistic creation.On the other hand,the unique understanding and awe of the ancient Chinese people on the view of life were displayed in terms of imagery techniques and techniques.And the Luohan colored sculptures in Lingyan Temple,as the representative works of the colored sculptures in the Song Dynasty,are deeply reflected the unique view of life and artistic spirit of the ancient Chinese behind the colored sculptures in the Song Dynasty.As a practitioner and researcher of ancient Chinese sculpture,this is some understanding of the colored sculptures of the the Song Dynasty colored sculpture.