Art Background Art Philosophy, Poetry Creation

Li Jinfa, Wen Yiduo and Ai Qing, the three Chinese famous modern poets with the same art background, are the research subjects of this paper. Based on the three poets'art background, art acquisition process and art performance, the paper tries to enquire into their artistic perceptions, consequently to seek for the relationship between their artistic perceptions and their poetry writings. In another word, the paper aims to discuss the influence of the new artistic perspective upon the poetry writings, and therefore, analyzing the impact of the artistic philosophy upon the whole process of the modern poetry's development.In the Introduction section, the paper defines its subjects and puts forward the following questions by sorting out the related materials:What is the interaction effect between the art and the modern poetry? Can the study of the poets be combined with the analysis of their artistic background which has played so important a role in their poetry creations? Besides the analysis of the techniques employed, is there any other approach to this study?The body of the paper consists of four sections. Chapter One analyzes the closeness between the art revolution and the modern new literature and makes a psychological investigation into the writers possessing the dual identities both as a poet and painter.Chapter Two, Three and Four conduct the analyses of the art background, artistic philosophy and poetry writings of each of the three poets-Li Jinfa, Wen Yiduo and Ai Qing.Chapter Two consists of three subsections. Part one starts from Li Jinfa's overseas study in France followed by its digging into the period of his receiving the sculpture training featuring the French Beaux-Arts and later his receiving the impact of the modern arts in the liberal painting studio. Part two analyzes Li's performance in the sculpture field and researches into the magazine named Aesthetic Culture- an embodiment of Li's artistic philosophy, thus seeking for his artistic ideal. Based on Li's poetry, part three elaborates his three unique image combinations and endows the uniqueness of his creations guided by his artistic perceptions with a historic evaluation from the literary view.Chapter Three consists of four subsections. Part one sorts out Wen Yiduo's artistic activities guided by his artistic perceptions on a macro level. Part two interprets Wen's artistic philosophy featuring the harmony among different contradictions by analyzing his decision between the art and literature during his stay in the U.S. Part three makes an analysis of Wen's art performance and his artistic philosophy arising from his artistic practice. Part four discusses Wen's art background, artistic perceptions, and the interaction between his art practice and his poetry writings based on the detailed texts.Chapter four consists of three subsections. Part one mainly deals with Ai Qing's life experiences during his several significant periods such as his overseas study in France, his artistic activities after returning to China, his art reviews in Yan'an and his concentration on the art after the liberation. Part two describes Ai's insights into the relationship between literature and art and his unique artistic ideas. Part three analyzes Ai's uniqueness in the composition of pictures, tint and perspective drawings based on the detailed texts.In the conclusion part, by putting the three types of modern poets respectively distinguished by their peculiar artistic styles in the line of modern new poetry, the paper points out the uniqueness brought forward by the adoption of artistic perspective and perceptions and thus establishing a brand-new paradigm in the research of the modern poetry.