A Discussion Of The Creation Of Atmosphere In Oil Paintings With A Historical Theme(Including The Theme Of Revolution)

In historical paintings, the main form and goal of the artist in image depiction is the recording and recollecting of past history.Within the development of oil painting, historical painting as a vehicle for summarizing and reproducing the events of humankind'spast, has great significance both for the age and for the spiritual culture of the artist.Historically themed paintings are history's spiritual history and the history of form, they are also the spiritual and emotional history of a nation. Europe, from the beginning of Ancient Greece and its artistic tradition, through the Renaissance and down to the classical and romantic schools of 18th and 19th century France, historically themed paintings have continuously provided a noble subject matter as well as the medium through which artists could establish themselves and their reputations. The paintings produced in classical western art are often considered as a visual representation of history.Turning to Chinese works with a historical theme, recent history has seen the emergence of a series of outstanding works that contain both profundity and an excellence of execution, however, what is lacking is the creator's thorough mastery and appraisal of the historical source material.In the modern world, oil paintings with a historical theme still have a valid place and possess a vitality of their own. The question of how to inherit and develop the tradition of historically themed oil paintings is one that is faced by the young generation of painters and is a point of deep significance.Although in today's world, the historical focus and inheritance of form of all kinds of mediums stresses the element of long-term accumulation and development within historical paintings, in fact the unique event related and literary nature of the historical painting can only be built on a foundation of the artist's subjective understanding of the expressed subject matter. Among the elements of a painting, the portrayed atmosphere with its strong potential for impact and impression has great significance.