"Zikai’s Caricature" In The Perspective Of Aesthetics

In the field of Chinese modern art,Feng Zikai is a rare artistic all-rounder: he has dabbled in various art fields such as painting,literature,music,translation,calligraphy,etc.,and has made great contributions to the development of Chinese art.Among them,the most notable and far-reaching is his achievements and contributions in caricatures.As the main content of Feng Zikai’s artistic creation,“Zikai’s Caricature” not only shows the inheritance of the spirit of Chinese classical painting,but also highlights the national character of Chinese art new development.“Zikai’s Caricature” conveys profound connotations through its unique artistic style and vivid artistic images,and its aesthetic thoughts have important enlightenment to modern and contemporary art education.This article attempts to start from the internal logic of Feng Zikai’s artistic creation,adopt a holistic perspective,and combine Feng Zikai’s specific artistic theory,in order to fully understand the creative ideas and artistic propositions of “Zikai’s Caricature”,and at the same time achieve innovation in the research perspective.In order to achieve the above goals,the first chapter of this paper discusses the origin of the relationship between “Caricature” and “Zikai’s Caricature”.The thinking and interpretation of“caricature” points out the novelty and characteristics of “Zikai’s Caricature” which is different from western traditional “Caricature”.Secondly,based on the creative background and experience of “Little Willow House” in Baima Lake,the origin of the name “Zikai’s Caricature” is clarified.The second chapter mainly discusses the artistic style characteristics of “Zikai’s Caricature”.According to Feng Zikai’s specific interpretation of Chinese and Western paintings,combined with the creative reality that comics use brush and ink lines to paint,and the shape and spirit possessed,this paper discusses the specific characteristics of “Zikai’s Caricature” in Chinese painting’s “strong impression” and Western painting’s “physical shape” performance.The third chapter takes the artistic creation concept of “Zikai’s Caricature” as an invisible clue,and from Feng Zikai’s aesthetic thought of “childhood view” as a starting point,sorts out the four types of images of characters,objects,animals and nature involved in the subject of comics,and summarizes the images.Forms and methods of composition,discuss the overall creative process of caricatures from the guiding ideology to the selection of materials to the composition of the picture with a pen.The last chapter discusses the aesthetic value contained in “Zikai’s Caricature” from the perspectives of “sentient”and “all-in-one” in the previous aesthetic thoughts.The conceptual categories and ideological theories in “Zikai’s Caricature” have both modern aesthetic connotation and national charm,highlighting the aesthetic connotation of life-centered,truth,goodness,and beauty,and have produced profound influence and inspiration for later painting creation and even art education.