A Study On The Literati Furniture Of The Song Dynasty

The rulers of the Song Dynasty adopted the policy of "emphasizing literature and restraining military",and the reuse of literati became the basic national policy of this era.The literati class rose and occupied the dominant position.Calligraphy and painting was a common way of social entertainment for the literati class at that time.It became the spiritual sustenance of the literati in the Song Dynasty,and also reflected the daily life of the literati class.Furniture is closely related to life.It is an important medium of social activities,a reflection of a certain social lifestyle and the embodiment of aesthetic meaning.This paper takes the literati furniture of the Song Dynasty as the research object,and excavates the characteristics of the literati furniture of the Song Dynasty,which has a certain practical significance to enrich the theoretical system of the furniture of the Song Dynasty.Firstly,it analyzes the connotation of literati furniture in Song Dynasty through literature,and deeply and systematically analyzes the background and reasons for the formation of literati furniture in Song Dynasty;Secondly,by studying the classic paintings of the Song Dynasty,this paper analyzes the furniture categories of the literati in the Song Dynasty,such as "literati elegant collection,office,ancient talk,leisurely solitude,drinking and having fun";Finally,the comparative analysis method is used to analyze the modeling characteristics,decoration techniques and technology of literati furniture in the classic paintings of the Song Dynasty.The research shows that the furniture in the paintings of the Song Dynasty shows the simple and plain way of life of the people of the Song Dynasty,conveys the implicit and restrained aesthetic thought of the Song Dynasty,and reposes people’s spiritual ideal of paying attention to the connotation,avoiding the flashiness of foreign objects and yearning for the landscape through the concise and symmetrical modeling language,the simple and elegant decorative language and the black decorative technique of the main body.