Mo Lan-the Embodiment Of Chines Traditional Aestheic Culture In Painting

"Mo Lan"(Ink Orchids)is full of cultural meanings and unique artistic merit.The study of "Mo Lan" is to the value of scholar-painting as well."Lan"(Orchids)as a cultural symbol,is a recurring subject in traditional poetry,music and painting.The values of "Mo Lan" and its impersonate character conveyed in the literary works are earlier than that in the painting.However,"Mo Lan" as an image refers more in the aesthetic category from painting’s aesthetic point of view."Lan" has been a part of the elite culture since the Song Dynasty.It derived from the Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty.It was just then when the earliest orchid manual and image arose at the same time,indicating the fashion of growing,enjoying and painting orchids in the Song Dynasty.Meanwhile,the Song people started the history research of orchids,viewing from name and character,medicine and other angles.After the Yuan Dynasty,"Mo Lan" was endowed more with a political symbolism."Mo Lan Tu"(painting of ink orchids)in the Ming Dynasty tends to be soft and moist by style.And the look of "Mo Lan" began to be affected by the art market since the Qing Dynasty.In the modern multicultural context,the representations of artists on this theme are getting more experimental,proving the saying:“Ink should be along with the times.”...