Aesthetic Context Of Ink Play

The ink play is the occasional drawing which literati creates the drawing with a kind of game manner. Its carrier is the water ink, the creative main body is scholar. Namely literati has the boredom in their heart, by means of brush and ink, they paint the drawing at will in the spare time with free mood .They do not conceive head of time ,nor solemn and somber. "The ink play" liberated enormously brush and ink, causing literati's water ink "Xieyi"picture to hold a magnificent page in the picture history.This article divides into four partial elaboration about"the ink play"esthetics horizon. The first chapter narrated the implication and preliminary outline of "ink play", and explained the relations between literati painting and "the ink play". From the historical dimension, The article analyzed literati ink play survey in previous dynasties .The second chapter discuss " ink play" productive reason. The article analyzed "the ink play" from two aspects . one is from the ink play logic production, emphatically the ink play's philosophy foundation. The Confucian, "dao", the imperial sacrifices have gradually influenced the literary intelligentsia's mind, the ink play also manifested its thought. Next, from development of the medium itself , the pen, the ink, the paper production and development had provided the material base for the ink play. The traditional Chinese painting transformation from dark green to the water ink had provided the creation direction in the certain degree for the literati ink play. The third chapter has analyzed the ink play esthetic moral character. The ink play artistic style and the esthetic significance are a huge topic, this article only makes a brief elaboration to the ink play referred to several artistic characteristic. The other from esthetics category angle. The fourth chapter emphasized the ink play artistic characteristic . Divides into three parts to elaborate. The ink play 's ultra utility and free. The ink play creation turning point along with creates the picture, emphasized the painter to the capture occasion ,and emphasized law which has not law to the ink play's law question.The fifth chapter pondered relations between the ink play and the present contemporary ink and wash painting.