Explain Transform In Western Modernist Paintings

Western modernist paintings refer to the several western painting genres from end of nineteen century to twenty century, which include impressionist school of fine art, fauvism, cubism and so on. Their common feature is deviating from the traditional road of painting realistically, and abandon traditional principle of"art imitating nature". They emphasize expressing own incenter feeling and rebel the traditional paintings. Transform is one of the most important features of western modernist paintings. Transform incarnates in many ways and implicates enormous spirit connotations. It has important inspiration significance for audiences and affects the later paintings. In the paper,Transform in western modernist paintings is analyzed form idea to the spirit connotation, and compared from landscape orientation to portait, in which many objects are applied, such as psychology and receive aesthetics theories and so on. So the culture significances in transform of western modernist paintings are revealed deeply.The paper is divided into four parts. The primary part explains the transform embodying in western modernist paintings. And it mainly presents in four aspects, such as crude style in writing, expression in multiple viewpoint, interlaced spatio-temporal illusory and pure nonfigurative expression. The secondly part explains the social background that transform appeared. It was reflected in paintings that people were disassimilated in capitalism society. And with the development of technology, paintings began to pursuit new ideas and display mechanical beauty. Paintings embody the fanatical and depraved emotion that was caused by the world war. The third part reveals spirit connotations in transform. Transform reflects real art opinions in western modernist paintings and contains luxuriant spirit connotations. And it incarnates primeval complex and orient complex in modernist artists. The last part illuminates the influence of transform for later paintings and the audience. Strange feeling will arise when audiences take pleasure in western modernist paintings by its transform, and it extends the capability of appreciation of the beautiful in audience. The later paintings absorb form feature of transform and express verier society more vividly.