A Study Of The Formal Characteristics Of Jin Nong’s Taoist Paintings

Jin Nong was the leading figure of the Yangzhou School of painting in the mid-Qing period.His works were "archaic" and "rugged",and not unchanging,from painting bamboo,plum,landscapes,horses,to portraits of people and Buddhas,he kept changing the objects he painted,and his artistic achievements were extraordinary.He reached the peak of his artistic achievements in his later years,influencing his disciples and many others in later generations.In his later years,his paintings of Taoism and Buddhism drew on the strengths of the ancients in terms of composition,depiction of the main figures,painting methods of clothing and brushwork,but did not stick to tradition and took a different approach,painting a unique look with strong personal characteristics and humanist sentiments.Although there is a lot of controversy over whether Jin Nong’s works in his later years were written on his behalf,it is not possible to distinguish between good and bad artworks by their authenticity,and since most of his works were painted by his disciples,the forms,character and temperament revealed in his paintings can still be studied.The main study is on the temperament of the figures,the interest of facial features,the use of brush and ink,and the layout and management in his extant Taoist paintings,combining external factors,such as the background of the times,artistic trends,and the humanistic environment,with internal factors,such as his own life experiences,to explore the formal characteristics of Jin Nong’s Taoist paintings,to appreciate their formal beauty,to analyze the humanistic sentiment and aesthetic spirit conveyed by his artistic style,and then to combine He then discusses and argues from his own artistic vision,painting style,and creation perspective by combining his own painting experience and creation experience.