Research On Artistic Language Of Zhuxian Town Woodcut New-year Painting

Zhuxian Town Woodcut New Year pictures originated in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is the originator of the Chinese woodblock New Year pictures, and is an important part of folk art rooting in ordinary people's life. The pictures show all aspects of people's life, and they convey people emotion and expectation by unique way. Because of the long history and the local culture, Zhuxian town Woodcut New Year pictures are different from other new year paintings, just as the content, technology and art of language features.On the basic of analyzing the Zhuxian Town woodcut New Year pictures development evolution and subject material, the paper focused on studying artistic language of the pictures. The paper primary intention lies in take art esthetic and the folk art energetic connotation as the basis, and takes the concrete lunar New Year painting work as the basis. From craft, color, line, composition and modelling five aspects, the author applied history, literature, sociology, chromatics, form study and image study knowledge, thoroughly and systematically studied Zhuxian Town woodcut New Year Pictures artistic language, including form feeling, cosmetic and intrinsic spirit. And the paper also had in-depth study about the the evolution of Zhuxian Town Woodcut New Year Pictures, theme categories and language Arts. The paper has four chapters.The first chapter studied historical data and reference literature, and through field visiting and literature researching methods, traced origin of the Zhuxian Town Woodcut New Year Pictures. According to the historical route, the author analyzed the Zhuxian Town Woodcut New Year Pictures in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty, the Xi Xia Dynasty, the Jin Dynaty, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty and Republic of China during 1912-1949 historical period evolution and development.The second chapter analyzed the Zhuxian Town woodcut New Year pictures, about the subject content and form of classification by the way of field visits, interviews and observation. The pictures contains The moral of wealth and people's expectations of a better life by Chinese traditional auspicious patterns and auspicious symbols specific.Different subjects have different expression. Door-God and God yards are the most prominent board pictures of two forms, the paper through analysis and comparison of methods, Zhuxianzhen woodcut New Year pictures are classified, and provide examples of their interpretation Pictures of variousformsand types of features.The third chapter is the key sections of the paper. At first, the author analyzed the definition of the artistic language, and thoroughly and systematically studied Zhuxian Town woodcut New Year Pictures artistic language using knowledge of chromatics, form study, image study and ethnology. In the research, the author took the concrete New Year Picture as the basis, analyzed the Characteristic of the from craft, color, line, modelling and composition. Traditional craft, vigorous gorgeous color, thick crazy succinct line, exaggerating humorous modelling and full compact, balanced symmetrical composition, constructs in together the Zhuxian Town woodcut New Year Pictures art language the intense form feeling and the cosmetic. The Zhuxian Town woodcut New Year Pictures in all external form powerful unification intrinsic sentiment's direct expression, forms one kind of intense visual performance effect, transmits its rich energetic connotation. The paper broke formerly inherent understanding of the Zhuxian Town woodcut New Year Pictures, make the chance of knowing the Zhuxian Town woodcut New Year pictures' the arts from and its charm from new perspective.The fourth chapter from artistic and reality angle embarking, have analyzed the Zhuxian Town New Year Pictures artistic value and the practical significance. This chapter has two sections. The first section studied the value of the Zhuxian Town New Year Pictures to the Chinese tradition drawing and the print creation significance, and influences on contemporary art and design influence and value desk study, particularly decorative art. The second section discussed practical significance of the papers from social, historical, the national character and the economical.The paper key point and the innovation spot lied in union many kinds of disciplines the knowledge, from the craft, the color, the line, the composition and the modelling aspects, and carried on the system thorough analysis to the Zhuxian Town woodcut New Year pictures artistic language. The author explained the form feeling, cosmetic and energetic connotation of the paperartistic language. The author hoped that breaks the out view of the Zhuxian Town woodcut New Year Pictures, and hope people have the chance to appreciate the papers from a new angle, at the same time, people would understand its unique value and significance as a folk.