Wonderful Deeds Silence Between Body And Spirit

Chinese bird-and-flower painting has been developed for several thousand years,which is inseparable with politics, economy, philosophy and other cultural factors in eachera. In-depth exploration on concepts of “fine brushwork”and “freehand brushwork” isa rational reflection on the inherent aesthetic styles and development context of traditionalflower-and-bird painting.The exploration on concepts of “work” and “write” in traditional flower-and-bird paintingis mainly intended to excavate, inherit and develop traditions. Imagery is the fundamentalelement in Chinese paintings, no matter in meticulous painting or free sketch painting. Intraditional aesthetic style, the complementary relationship between work and write inbird-and-flower painting is contradictory and unified: free sketch painting requires aconsciousness of "delicate working", while meticulous painting calls for an enjoyable spirit.Both techniques can exist in one good painting. The main purpose of this paper is to seek anew vision and harmony in opposition.Chinese traditional bird-and-flower painting is broad and profound, so the exploration of“work” and “write” in bird-and-flower paintings may allow us to introspect our artisticcreation more objectively. Therefore, in addition to form and style in Chinesebird-and-flower painting, we should also carry out a deep exploration on emotionalconception inherent in the works. This paper tries to dig out the rules of inheritance andevolution in techniques of traditional bird-and-flower painting from philosophy of art,painting techniques, aesthetic connotations, etc., and analyze the form characteristics ofmeticulous and enjoyable bird-and-flower works and its impact on future paintings, inorder to conclude some useful experience and rules for creation of bird-and-flower painting,and obtain more profound insights and understanding of the connotation of Chinesebird-and-flower painting.