Emotion And Reason

As a rare flower in the garden of Chinese traditional art of sculpture, Maiji Grotto had become a stronghold of northwest Buddha during Bei Dynasty, its sculptural arts, especially the clay sculptures, achieve a advanced level. While ancient Greek is the source of European civilization, and the Greek also obtains splendid achievements in the creation of sculpture arts, which exerts profound influence upon European culture. Then, as the materialization of human spirit, what are the difference and commonness of the evolution in artistic features between the two?This thesis, beginning with the identity of artists, attempts to illuminate the relationship between the emotion and reason of artists in the plastic arts and analyze the different emotion and reason tendency of Western and Chinese art in plastic arts. After having survey to the background of Maiji Grotto and ancient Greek sculpture arts, furthermore, this paper from the aspect of morphology scrutinizes and compares the difference and commonness in content, form, texture, color and theory between the two, with large quantity of pictures to explain. Finally, the paper discusses the influence and practical significance of Maiji Grotto sculpture arts and those of ancient Greek, and suggests that only thorough comprehension to traditional art and learning about the Western school of arts, the modern plastic artists can grasp the presentation of emotion and reason, incorporate diverse styles and find a corresponding point of modernity and tradition. By so doing, we may create national art and modern plastic sculpture arts which both fit for our times and belongs to our own nation, meanwhile which can be recognized by international community.