The Research On The Lithographic Art In Modern China

As a substantive species of engraving,the lithograph has unique artistic characteristics.And its appearance has enriched and developed the expressive of engraving enormously.Even though the lithograph has its substitute product in China in the recent several years,it cannot be replaced its special historical position.This article deviled into three parts.The first part mainly discussed the intension of the art of lithograph which included the description of the different existent and developmental background of the lithograph at home and abroad,the analysis on the deferent development condition of the lithograph between Chinese and Western which led to the lagging and misunderstanding of the development of the modern lithograph in China,and the further description of the central content of the development of the modern lithograph which is the interdependent relations of "Thingness" and "human nature" by the comparison of technical and artistic quality of the lithograph.Consequently, the central content of the development of the modern lithograph consist of the embody of artist's spirit,character and creation ideas.There will be no development for the lithograph without the development of the artist and technology.The second part analyzed the production conditions and developmental environment of the modern lithograph by the description of the introduction and application of the modern autography in China.Comparing the lithograph of each period and different fields in modern China,the lithograph in early stages just applied to the living fields including business,propaganda, advertisement and civilian.The advanced lithography technology promoted the development of the lithograph market in early China,and the widespread promotions in lithography books, advertisement and New Year's painting and so on has created the social environment for the appearance of Chinese modern lithograph art.When the letterpress printing technique gradually become the main print media substituting for the historical situation of the lithograph printing method,the lithograph printing method in the trade and printing dissipated gradually,which actually provided the conditions and possibilities for the creation of the artists to involve the lithograph art, thus the lithograph printing method started to become the intermediate of the print art.The third chapter is the emphasis of this article,divided into four sections.The first three sections narrated the developmental process of Chinese modern lithograph,and analyzed the representatives' works in each period to explain the close relations of their artistic style,spirit, thoughts,and life.The last section is the conclusion part of the article.The development of the lithograph art needs the inheritance of technologies and the popularization of the art,therefore,the lithograph art cannot develop without the development of human.According to the analysis of the social value and influence which the lithograph art has produced and the thoughts of the existence and development of the contemporary art in China,the existence of the lithograph art is significant and the key issues on the envelopment of Chinese lithograph art are the union of technologies and arts,human's spirit and the material.