| Mezzotint was invented since sixteenth Century, as a kind of skill, loved by the people with its deep background and delicate changes. As a copy of a painting of traditional mezzotint prevailed in Europe in sixteenth Century, was later replaced by lithographic printing. Mezzotint again flourished in the second world war. The economic and cultural recovery, artists began to work. At the beginning of twentieth Century, all kinds of mezzotint works to return to public view. The artists not only from the traditional mezzotint in oil painting replication mode, also began to explore various problems in life with this form.Guy·Langevin was contemporary are engaged in mezzotint printmaking artists, his works changed traditional beauty mezzotint print very realistic picture effect, dynamic rough visual language to establish a unique "non realistic art style, the mezzotint works had many times in International Exhibition Award and in the United States, Japan, Europe, China held exhibition. His works break the traditional pattern of the creation of the United States, in the screen will shake the board and the process of light at the same time show. Rocking knives is not just for the foundation of the rocking plate tool, but as an important part of the picture creation exist, rich black and the picture in the blank space reflect each other, strengthen the picture black and white contrast, images of the characters through dynamic frame and overlapping features to form strong visual tension. This paper from the Guy·Langevin of mezzotint obtains, through the characteristics of the mezzotint print, picture style causes analysis. The painter’s own original creation of Guy·Langevin why choose the mezzotint printmaking creation, the difference between his works and the traditional beauty soft Ting version painting, and is how to form their own unique style. Finally summed up the work is a bridge connected with the viewer and artist, outstanding works of art in addition to the technology of refining adept and pictures bring people aesthetic enjoyment outside is put forward questions and to guide the viewer thinking process, eventually make the works as emotions and transmission media.In the first chapter, a brief introduction about the background of the artist’s life and artistic creation is presented. The second chapter introduces the Guy·Langevin mezzotint works. The content of his works is mainly the psychological struggle in the contemporary life of the characters in literary works. Black and white with individual is his main performance. Expression of theme through dynamic frame and overlapping performance figures. The third chapter mainly analyzed the causes of Guy·Langevin style screen, this chapter respectively from Impressionism and super realism, literary works, photography, four aspects of the changes of the times the Guy·Langevin printmaking in influence of interpretation of the style of the formation of the reasons, ran after the causes of analyzed and summarized. The fourth chapter through interviews of Guy·Langevin and the understanding to the Guy·Langevin next creative direction and language expression.Guy·Langevin of mezzotint works breaks through the mezzotint realistic reproduction of the practice, not rigidly adhere to traditional beauty soft ting the means of production. According to the performance of the intention to find the proper performance of the theme of the work. Meanwhile, subvert the "mezzotint is used to represent the concept of picture is exquisite techniques, mezzotint printmaking created a rugged, dynamic visual experience. In this groundbreaking experience we can see the innovative skills, try to change the form of traditional printmaking language and the establishment of new order print language. |
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