Research On Decorativeness Of Chinese Traditional Mural Color

Chinese traditional mural has a long history and is rich in content,its development and evolution were closely connected to economic,political,cultural and social life of that time,and reflected theirs material and mental status in images.As the parent of native traditional painting,Chinese decorative art made a feature of rich decorativeness in form at first,and then established a set of decorative formal language for color as mural art evolved.The expressional language of Chinese traditional mural is mainly flattening.There is rich decorative effect in flattening of color,on which evolutions of other decorative effects are based.Moreover,rhythmization of the use of color also benefits the decorativeness of color.Usually,expressions with repetition,gradation,rhythm and unification made paintings greatly beautiful in form.Such beauty in form was not bought about by accident.Whereas,it was influenced by the development of culture, technology and many other factors,especially,was consciously pursued by these painters.Chinese traditional mural is widely praised for its strong and unique features of decorativeness.The formal beauty,shows in these murals,is achievement made by ancient Chinese artists with wisdom and courage to learn and explore,and is worth thinking about for modern people.