Analysis Of Western Painting Color On The Color Of Chinese Painting

Color of traditional Meticulous Painting is some kind of decoration that is a personal conclusion and summary of external color. However, basing on these traditional skills, modem Meticulous Paintings further extend scope and content of color expressing, which benefits from the introduction of modern western paintings and its influence on Meticulous Paintings.The introduction of western paintings begins in Ming, Qing dynasty, when western missionary painters in China made certain experiments in the realm. As a part of western culture, the introduction of western paintings develops along with the introducing of western learning into China, Chinese painters set western realism art as their good example in the middling period, so, western scientific color system influence of Chinese unborn painters through education of modem Chinese art. As a result, Chinese Meticulous Paintings mainly adopt the idea of western scientific color. In last 20-30 years, Chinese can view and admire western modern paintings roundly, accordingly, while adopting realism color, contemporary Meticulous Paintings take in skills of color of contemporary western paintings and express themselves with diversified colors.In simple words, the influence of western paintings toward color of Chinese Meticulous Paintings can be listed as below:Change the idea of Meticulous Painting and break through the scope of decorative color and limit of lines toward color;Enrich tonality of Meticulous Painting colorDefinitude the cognition of Meticulous painters toward color;Expressing feelings through color, so break through symbolic category of color of traditional Meticulous Paintings;Promote diversification of expressing method of Meticulous Paintings on material and skill.In my view, the influence and meanings of westernizing toward Chinese Meticulous Painting lie in three parts:Strengthen the expressing ability of Meticulous Painting color,Enlarge the spectrum of Meticulous Paintings,Promote the renaissance and development of Chinese Meticulous Paintings.