To Know The Universe

It has nothing to do with skin color and region,from ancient times to the present,human beings on earth have not stopped looking up at the starry sky and exploring the universe."Universe" in ancient China was the general term for all space,time and matter.In this paper,the author’s painting "Quark" series during the postgraduate study is taken as the research object to try to create a painting about astronomy.And take this opportunity to express their hearts the most simple desire for the unknown.Among the existing researches,there are researches on ancient astronomy and cosmology,most of which are to sort out the context of the development history of Chinese and Western astronomy or cosmology,and they are often extended to the studies on archaeology,metaphysics and philosophy.But it is rarely combined with art as a research object.And the combination of Chinese painting and space art as a focus to explore the research is even less.This paper mainly through the history of Chinese and Western astronomy research to explore the expression of Chinese painting in the rapid development of science in the new era.And this paper explores how astronomical paintings conform to contemporary aesthetic interests to establish a theoretical basis for their own creation,and as a foundation for later creation.The first chapter is a brief introduction to the development of astronomy in China and the West in history,and expounds the different cultural systems formed by China and the West under different cultural backgrounds,which leads to the differences in their understanding of the universe.Subsequently,this chapter also introduces and supplements the representative astronomical paintings in Chinese and Western history,including the application of these paintings during that period.At the same time,the chapter also reflects and interprets the development of modern astronomical art and the intersection of science and art in order to give the author’s creative ideas,to establish a theoretical support.The second chapter focuses on the author’s practical research on the quark series,discusses the author’s creative thinking and process,as well as describes the author’s creative intention and technique,on the basis of the last chapter.Finally,the process of quark series creation is systematically analyzed.The third chapter is the reflection of the stage achievements of this group of paintings and the analysis of the perception brought by these works.At the same time,it is also an exploration and attempt of the author on the future creation path,and it triggers new thinking on the development of Chinese landscape painting under the background of The Times.