On The Causes And Aesthetic Significance Of Dry Brush Technique In Chinese Freehand Painting

As an indispensable pen and ink language in Chinese freehand brushwork,Dry brush is often mentioned by people with simple painting techniques.It mostly uses only one word and phrase to describe its concept and technical characteristics,but few people explore its causes and aesthetic significance as a pen and ink language.With the emergence of the thought of "Lyric freehand brushwork" in literati painting,the dry brush work technique rises.This paper mainly combs the application and evolution of the aesthetic style of dry brushwork in various historical periods,and explores the inevitability and internal aesthetic significance of its formation from the perspectives of subjective spiritual proposition and objective social background The dry pen language formed under the influence of traditional philosophy has the historicity,wild beauty and strong and unique visual beauty from the past to the future.After modern times,the thought of "western use in middle school" prevailed.Painters began to seek innovation in formal language,forming a situation of "light pen and ink and heavy form".From the perspective of formal language,which is another aspect different from pen and ink language,it promoted the development of dry pen to a climax.As a pen and ink technique in line with the thought of "Lyric freehand brushwork" of literati painting,Dry brush work also has the visual beauty required by the wind direction of modern painting and contains unique aesthetic value.It has not only witnessed the development process of Chinese traditional freehand brushwork in the past thousands of years,but also has great development space in the future.