A Study On The Composition Of Zhao Zhiqian’s Flower And Bird Painting

In the Qing Dynasty,the popularity of epigraphy and epigraphy,in addition to supplement the history of the use of scholars began to explore the beauty of the form of epigraphy.The "gold and stone spirit" contained in the inscriptions can give people a kind of simple ancient flavor,grand and majestic masculinity.At that time,the development of art and culture needed this kind of aesthetic taste and artistic style to change the aesthetic concept.Many artists introduced this kind of aesthetic interest into painting,creating a new style which has never been seen before,and finally formed a mature painting style in the late Qing Dynasty,i.e.“Epigraphic painting”.Zhao Zhiqian pushed Jinshi painting to a new height.His calligraphy,painting and printing have reached a certain height,and have their own unique style of stone.His friends with many teachers and friends laid a solid foundation for his study of epigraphy and paved the way for his painting of epigraphy.With his sharp artistic perception,he grasped the artistic synaesthesia,integrated the book,painting and printing,and enhanced the interest and expressiveness of his works.There is a rule of intercommunication between Zhao Zhiqian’s calligraphy and seal cutting techniques and the layout of his flower and bird painting art.This paper analyzes his calligraphy,seal cutting’s white cloth and his flower and bird painting’s structure characteristics to explore his aesthetic orientation of “epigraphic strokes in painting”.