The Study Of Dong Qichang's Literator Brush Drawing

Dong Qichang was a drawer and a drawing theorist of Ming Dynasty, his literator brush drawing theory and practice were the investigative central content of this thesis. At beginning ,the thesis presented the background of the age that Dong Qichang lived in, narrated his life history and analyzed his artistic culture. Dong Qichang made out "South and North Factions"theory and many creative concepts of literator brush drawing, the thesis digged the deep connotation in them and researched the theoretical merits of them by direction of artistic discipline. What's more ,the particular elements in Dong Qichang's representative paintings, such as the techniques of using writing-brush, prepared chinese ink, and the overall arrangement of the drawings, were analyzed as one of the important contents, which had a great affection in relation to Dong Qichang's artistic style, moreover, Dong Qichang's aesthetic ideal was reflected in them. At last, by theory and practical two directions, the thesis elaborated the great affections of Dong Qichang and his literator brush drawing towards later generations, especially the critical affection towards Qing Dynasty's drawing history, discussed Dong Qichang's great place in Chinese drawing history. This thesis extracted many other people's achievements, and quoted a lot of Dong Qichang himself's sentences, the research aimed for depth and systematization, hoping could give a little supplement to the study of Dong Qichang.