An Exploration Of Expression In The Folds Of Chinese Figure Painting

The way of viewing Chinese figure painting has always been concerned.From the standpoint of the viewer,starting from a certain element of the image,the internal observation of the art gives an important way to explain the painting.The historical results and contextual changes of Chinese figure painting,also make the viewer realize the necessity and possibility to transfer the way of viewing a Chinese figure painting.The connection between viewing and form also produces new results for the aesthetic experience of Chinese figure painting.Folds are an unavoidable part of figure painting.The aesthetic interest of Chinese folds in painting is the manifestation in the conceptual two-dimensional combination form,the sense of rhythm that brought by the integrated layout,and the emotional translation of the artistic subject under the formal differences,which is also the commonness of the aesthetic expression of Chinese painting.Considering from the painting content,folds are the expression of the character image to a certain extent.Taking folds as the basic unit,the smallest image element also has its own space and the related nature attached to the image.These characteristics can also guide the viewer to view the image more purely on the basis of experience.This paper will take folds as a clue and use the view of space-and-time of Arnheim as a methodology to explore the viewing subject and the viewing performance of folds in Chinese figure painting through examples;and using a new viewing perspective to investigate the result of viewing--the viewer’s perspective of internal consideration of the artwork,integrate my own thinking on painting to explore the possibilities and applications of new ways of representing folds in painting practice with my own paintings as examples.