Research On Lu Fang’s Water Woodblock [Yin Zi]

[Yin Zi] is one of Lu Fang’s West Lake landscape water woodblock works.This work shows the snowy night scene of West Lake.Based on the traditional woodblock printing techniques of "Shizhuzhai" and Japanese water woodcuts,Lu Fang has created a large number of ingenious,quiet and lofty Jiangnan water woodblock landscape works,especially the West Lake scenery,which has a lyrical expression.The Chinese aesthetic quality of the style is deeply loved by audiences at home and abroad,and has won the reputation of "West Lake Lu".Based on the first-hand oral data obtained by visiting Mr.Lu Fang himself,the on-site observation of the original works and manuscripts,and the collection and arrangement of the written materials from the book archives,this paper conducts a case analysis of the water woodblock work [Yin Zi],from the works’ schema,expression content Beginning with the background of the times,carry out theoretical research in the style of "iconology",and carry out creative practice research in combination with "reprinting".The full text consists of three chapters.The first chapter mainly analyzes the formal language of [Yin Zi],and uses the method of "iconology" to analyze the schema of the work and its relationship with life and times.The second chapter is a statement of the practice process of reprinting and engraving,and analyzes Lu Fang’s unique watermark woodcutting skills by comparing the creative techniques of the printmaking artists of the same period.The third chapter discusses the differences and connections between Lu Fang’s black-and-white woodcuts,mimeographed woodcuts,and water woodcuts,explains the phenomenon of Chinese and Western fusion in the creation of Zhejiang printmaking artists during the "New China" period and the background of the times,and discusses the first generation of students from Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts.artistic conception and creative conception.