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QIYUN: The Synthesizing Of Power And Aesthetics

Posted on:2009-10-28Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:P DingFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360272957967Subject:Literature and art
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In ancient Chinese esthetics, Qiyun is an important category which owns its traditional characteristics and profound influence. Qiyun was formally raised as an entire category in the period of Southern and Northern Dynasties, then was widely used in the artistic criticism and artistic theory. It becomes the criterion and standard to decide whether the art is successful or not. The related topic"vivid Qiyun"was regarded as the sundial.The thesis is divided into five parts.To probe the cultural soil of Qiyun category. There are several reasons for its wide universality and strong power. The main reason is that it bred in the Chinese traditional cultural soil. This part includes three aspects: (1) It was deeply influenced by traditional Chinese"He"and"Sheng"."He"mixes with masculine and feminine elements, and temper force with mercy."Sheng"makes this kind of mixture positively and obtains power's continuity, not exhaustion. (2) The Book of Change was the philosophical foundations of Qiyun category. (3) Its thinking mode has the potential influence on Qiyun category.To analyze the times background of Qiyun category. The times background of Qiyun category includes three aspects,that is specific times spirit, esthetic interest and theory development. Qiyun's category was founded in the period of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. It not only marked the concept of Qi's shift from life's original significance, also marked the concept of Yun's expansion from the beauty of music, the beauty of personality to life's artistic image and its dynamic structure, to permanent esthetic interest. A generation has a generation's literature, a generation has a generation's theory. It can be seen from the analysis that "Qiyun"'s birth in the Six Dynasties period was not by chance, but by the " joint force".To analyze Qiyun'a esthetic characteristics. "Qiyun" is one of the main representatives of the spirit of ancient Chinese art, demonstrating the strong esthetic characteristics of life. This kind of spirit has permeated the lives of Chinese traditional arts in the course of development. "Qi" shows the power of life, "Yun " the present attitude to life, "Qiyun" stands for the successful life. "Qi " shows the vitality of life, "Yun" the sentiment of life, "Qi" is strong and "Yun "is mild. The synthesis of the two categories shows the spirit of life vigor, vitality and sentiment.To analyze the evolution of traditional Chinese art form from the view of Qi and Yun's decrease and increase. The ideal artistic quality and style is the mixture of Qi and Yun. However, it is not biased in the concrete works of art during the different periods of the development of arts. According to Ye Xie's idea that"the middle period of Tang Dynasty"was regarded as"the middle period of 100 generations"in the ancient China. From the evolution of various artistic class, it can be concluded that"vivid Qiyun"has been the ideal of Chinese traditional art criticism. However, some specific times has the deviation unavoidably, this is also shows the times differences precisely.To discuss the realistic value of Qiyun's category. Although Qiyun was an ancient esthetics category, it can show the realistic significance today through the excavation and the reorganization. There are two aspects concretely. Firstly, to promote the esthetic consciousness of literary and art activities; secondly, to establish the esthetic value of literary and art works. The literary arts are supported by the advanced cultural. In the crucial phase of social economy reforming, in the foundation of harmonious culture's practice, the literary arts can take the national energetic lights' function well.
Keywords/Search Tags:Qiyun, background of times, esthetic implication, artistic form, realistic value
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