The Dawn Of A New Age

The study on the creating approaches is veryimportant for the development of Chinese paintings.Shitao, once said, " The masters use no rules whenthe rules are always there; the best rules are onlyachieved while using none of them." His words pointout the inner law for painting-creating approaches,whether they are classical, modern or pioneering. Inthis essay, the author classifies the Chinesepaintings today according to its composing elementsi.e. body, subject and object, sums up the developingtheory of the creating approaches, and analyzes therelevant factors about how to develop theseapproaches.This essay combines knowledge of many subjects,such as creatology,aesthetics,arts history,methodology, etc. By using the principles of casestudy and comprehensive formulation, the authortries to make a study on the construction law for thecreating approaches to Chinese painting and attemptsto explore the developing mechanism for theseapproaches through the inner connection ofconsciousness,image, and law.