On The Material Evolution And Aesthetic Standards Development Of Troditional Western Painting

As a based element of art language, material is the main basis to divide the type of painting in traditional way. Material and development coexists as a carrier of spirit. The development and change of drawing material is restricted by social material conditions, and reacts the development of aesthetic standards. At the same time, the artists of different times always follow the way which look for material research material, and take advantage of material in order to express their aesthetic tendency. The artists will put into the recycle, improve material or refined new material when the current material cannot be satisfied the new demand. The material and express method communicate each other causes the artistic style and improves aesthetic standards development. Every drawing material development promotes aesthetic standards development in different degree. At the same time, aesthetic standards development also promotes the improvement of drawing material. This paper will discuss this problem as follow.Chapter one talks about material. In this section, it expounds the traditional material for Western painting while narrates the produce and historic evolve simply.Chapter two analyses the material agrees with aesthetic standards from form and development of Western painting in several important times. Firstly, it narrates the birth of drawing material and the aesthetic trait of prehistoric mural. Secondly, it talks secco, fresco, mosaic, tempera and oil painting. At last, it relates several important drawing type in western art history, for example, impression. And inquires the relationship between evolution of material and development of aesthetic standards in cultural background.The end is conclusion. It concludes that the produce, development and perfect of material is restricted by material conditions. It also indicates that there is interaction between drawing material and aesthetic standards.