Analysis Of The Laugh Image In The Paintings

Overviewing the history of Chinese and foreign art paintings, the face shaping of images are of great concern. However, among so many facial images, "laugh" face is rare. When appearing in the special historical point, the works of "laugh" draw our attention. In the light of the specific historical background, this paper is mainly to make an brief analysis of the image of laughter in Chinese and foreign paintings, by exemplifying two western typical works ( Da Vinci and Ha' ersi), the works after the year of 1949, the "New China" era and the works still popular after the" August 5th Trendy"This paper is divided into three chapters, Chapter 1 is mainly to conclude the meanings of these two "laugh" is the respect of human beings by introducing the and Da Vinci and Ha' ersi's representative works and the combination of the historical background. The two painter's works is the represent of human spirit of their times. Chapters 2and 3 set our sights on China, classify the different laughs of the "Mao Zedong era" into some parts: a great man's laughter, the laughter of ordinary people, the soldiers' smile by combining painting images (mainly pictures works) and the specific historical background. In these "laugh" because of historical and political reasons, the laughter of the same identity in different periods is different. During the specific period, under the shackles of political criteria, one who is extremely depressed has been given encouraging smile. By events, people can hardly believe these ridiculous truths. The clear represent of laugh in the Chinese painting is mainly in the era of Mao Zedong and the latter "August 5 trendy". After the "August 5 trendy", the new image of a smiling is shaping a new idol of the times, which in some extent is a kind of continuation and reflection of the era of Mao Zedong's laughter, the atmosphere is not bad. In this paper, with the famous French philosopher Henri Bergson's "laugh" theory, will make an specific analysis of how the creative artists paint "smile" image after "August 5 trendy, which is also the main concern area in this paper.