The Realization Of Renascence Of Chinese Traditional Iconography

Chinese Traditional Iconography, including all ancient art forms with icons as the focus, is the treasure of our nation as well of the world. These graphs dates back to remote ancient time to Ming and Qing Dynasty, which are the epitome of history of Chinese culture. However, Chinese Traditional Iconography has been confronted with crisis, because various new civilizations have overthrown Chinese traditional culture since "reform times". Till today, with the overwhelming wave of modernization, tradition which once was of great vitality turns to be powerless and silent. Therefore, it is necessary to find a new way for the revival of Chinese Traditional Iconography in a process of develop the useful and discard the useless.A great response of Post-Modernism to International Style is its adoption of ornaments, deriving motives from history. Far more than monotonous functionalism, Post-Modernism advocates the abundance in vision and psychological satisfactory by employing ornaments. Post-Modern design greatly appeals to various historical ornaments eclectically; breaks the monopoly of international style and creates a new era. Such an era brings about great opportunity to us, since we can re-define traditional iconography and realize the Post-modernism of traditional iconography. When we use traditional iconography as motive, we should develop design which is fit in with our time and rich in Chinese characteristics.Post-Modernism and Chinese Traditional Iconography both have extensive coverage in terms of definition, and many aspects are involved to realize the combination of the two. Seemingly paradoxical, the co-existence of the two should be explored ornamentally, metaphorically and deconstructedly. Generally speaking, the realization of renascence of Chinese Traditional Iconography includes three aspects:The cultural identity of the design work should be established. The work should possess implication of Chinese culture and bear Chinese traits.The establishment of cultural identity is indispensable; rather than duplication of tradition, it is a re-creation process. This process is not a denial of tradition but rather inheritance of it in another way. Tradition denotes time and region in a narrow sense; as well it has a continuity connotation.The renascence should embody the nature of Post-Modernism. In other words, it should possess the character of post-industry time. This is the call of our time, and it's what we have to face.We believe that, in the context of Post-Modernism, Chinese Traditional Iconography is becoming mature and progressed. Design with Chinese Traditional Iconography should be adapted to the international environment and infused with nutrition from external culture. Design with Chinese Traditional Iconography is showing its brand-new appearance in the design field, and it will bring about a new design era.