Cause Analysis On Painting Character Of North Prairie Art Group

Qidan Tribe established the great powerful national state in 916 A.D. in the northern area, in which the national feudalism was accomplished; whose painting standard and the scale started the beginning in the painting history of prairie nationalities, which also realized the self-consciousness in art with real meanings. Therefore, in Liao Dynasty in the art practice, many national artists, consisted mainly of Qidan nationalities, created numerous wonderful art work, most of whose themes are based on the northern grassland minorities hunting and nomadic yurts. The nomadic culture is distinctively marked with unique feature in art history. In China northern ethnic art history, this art group with the outstanding unique painting style is called "North Prairie Art Group". The groups'appearance marked the self-consciousness in painting in China northern ethnic art. The writer thinks that views formed by traditional oriented Han nationality art history on the cause for painting character of "North Prairie Art Group"are worth discussing due to the outstanding value for "North Prairie Art Group". If it is admitted that painting is a part of upper construction decided by economic materialistic construction depended on geographic environment, so then social historic and geographic background is certain to supply the unique resource for art work creation for "North Prairie Group", on which the era spirit for "North Prairie Art Group"painting character production is built up and on which it also takes effect to the "North Prairie Art Group"art spirit, which is certain a real fact. Nevertheless, from the art resource of the painting character for "North Prairie Art Group", northern grassland rock painting is the source of "North Prairie Art Group", and this group also uses lots of references from the traditional painting of the northern nomadic minorities before Liao Dynasty. Taking another look at the psychologically factor formed by painting character of "North Prairie Art Group", Qidan Tribes'unique world experience is the deciding factor for the painting style and the special surface thinking for the ethnics is also the important factor for forming the painting character of "North Prairie Art Group". One thing is worthy of making it clear that the form and development for things are the results of both interacted inner and outer factors. When the inner factor is emphasized at the same time, we admit that, it shouldn't be ignored that the mid-plain agricultural nationalities have also influenced "North Prairie Art Group"painting character.