A Study Of Dream Images In Chinese Porcelain Paintings In The Late Ming And Early Qing Dynastie

Dream themes in Chinese paintings and literary works have a long history and spread widely,and the contents of dream themed porcelain from the late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty have undoubtedly been influenced.The dream-themed patterns on porcelain mainly include stories of the West Chamber,The Grass Bridge,Dreaming in the Peony Pavilion,and other themes,such as Dreams have a good time and Huang Xiaoliang Dream.The popularity of the dream theme decoration benefits from the favorable conditions,commercial prosperity,convenient transportation and policy support of jingdezhen kilns in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.The dream theme decoration gradually reflects the realistic style,and the details also tend to be vivid and full.At the same time,more and more attention is paid to Chinese classic operas and novels.The composition of the dream theme is mostly the pattern of‘dreamer + person in dream’,and the auxiliary decoration is mostly large clouds and other decorative patterns.The powder books of dream-themed porcelain are usually from illustrated prints,and the stories are mostly from opera novels.The special schema language of dream-themed porcelain painting is a wonderful flower in the art of porcelain painting,which has rich meaning and interest.How to interpret the dream schema in porcelain painting needs to find its origin from the illustrations of prints,and also needs to comprehensively analyze the language of porcelain painting,porcelain making technology and social conditions.Dream map is the projection of dream literature and the product of aesthetic creative development and transformation.