Research On Qian Xuan’s "Eight Flowers"-on Self-creation

QIAN Xuan was one of the famous Chinese painters during the late Song dynasty and early Yuan dynasty.His painting about landscapes,figures,flowers and birds are all wonderful.Its representative work "Eight Flowers" depicts eight kinds of flowers such as incoming poultry(sand fruit),pear blossom,plum blossom,osmanthus,begonia,gardenia,rose,and narcissus,adhering to the style of the courtyard,working carefully and rigorously.The "indifferent" and "inaction" literati hermit style,with the help of pen-and-ink techniques,creates a new idea,frees the rich and luxurious,and turns into fresh and elegant,giving people a sense of vitality,full of fun,tranquility and detachment;and expanding from "sketching" To "write the heart",it just reveals the freedom of self-aesthetic connotation and the poetic and seclusion of the inner heart,showing the aesthetic tendency of the literati painting;from the "Chonggu" to establish "innovation",realized the history of flower and bird painting.The evolution of expression style and aesthetic interest greatly expanded the performance space of meticulous flower and bird paintings in terms of depth and breadth,making Qian Xuan’s style of painting an indispensable key point in the transition from freestyle to literati freehand paintings.Development has a positive and far-reaching impact.This article focuses on " Eight Flowers " and adopts a specific and subtle method from the technical level to comb the overall microscopic painting of ink,color,composition,aesthetics,etc.in " Eight Flowers ",combining the aesthetic needs of the times and the characteristics of self-techniques.Innovate and expand,through creative practice,explain the learning and inheritance of the techniques and aesthetic characteristics of the Eight Flowers,and perceive the choice,development and recognition of the current meticulous flower and bird paintings.