Studies On The Illustration And Derivative Design Of The Classic Of Mountains And Seas From The Perspective Of Aesthetics

The Classic of Mountains and Seas is a traditional ancient book full of mystery,it covers contents like history,medicine,geography,mythology,and plants and is full of mystery and marvellous imaginations within,which attracts lots of scholars to study it.Many scholars have had researches on The Classic of Mountains and Seas from perspectives of geography,plants,mythology,arts,philosophy and so on,but researches from the perspective of aesthetics are relatively rare.In order to convey its profound cultural connotations,this paper analyzed The Classic of Mountains and Seas from the perspective of ecological aesthetics,had design practice in the form of illustrations,and took its derivative products as carriers to spread and propagandize it.This paper began with a basic overview of the ecological aesthetics theory,and unfold discussions from the definition of ecological aesthetics and aesthetic principles.Secondly,it analyzed the conceptions of ecological aesthetic and relevant ecological images in The Classic of Mountains and Seas from the perspective of ecological aesthetics,and had an exploration and analysis on characteristics of ecological aesthetics.Practiced the illustration designs of The Classic of Mountains and Seas from the perspective of ecological aesthetics theory,through the earlier works of studying relevant illustrations of The Classic of Mountains and Seas,the images of original ancient book and modern well-known illustrations of The Classic of Mountains and Seas were collected and innovative designs based on the original work were created.The illustrations have powerful visual performance,the derivative designs on illustrations of The Classic of Mountains and Seas were created to make the receivers feel its marvellous cultural charms.During this process,methods of direct usage,separated usage and re-creation were adopted,illustrations were also applied as basic images for the relevant derivative designs,and the real and tangible products were used as carriers.