Brief Talk About The Reslism Of The Meticulous Flowers-and-Birds Painting In The Song Dynasty

The flower-and-bird painting developed rapidly in Song Dynasty, which was of high realism; not only the political consideration of ruler in Song Dynasty, but also the development law of painting art. However, the greatest factor is the painters’pursuit of realism.The meticulous painting emphasizes law and painting must respect the rule of objects and realism. The creations of painters should be based on the objective rules and forms they observe. The image description should be strictly in accordance with its growth and natural law, as well as the careful observation towards the presentation of the objective in natural world, which aims at showing the verve of object in picture. Not just look like in shape, but the live emotion. Besides, the layout of pattern and artistic technique should also serve for the rule of object itself. Before drawing picture, the painter should observe carefully and have a deep understanding of it; only in this way can it be the real realism.The realism of flower-and-bird painting in Song Dynasty pursues similarity in spirit under the guarantee of similar shape; the whole picture should be of natural fun and reveal the subject sensibility of painter, besides, the creation of artistic conception is necessary.The Neo-Confucianism was the new development out of Confucianism and the spiritual essence of meticulous flower-and-bird painting as well in Song Dynasty. The Neo-Confucianism not only follows the content of Confucianism, but also adds some content of Buddhism and Taoism, so that it is also called Song Learning or Taoism. It came out in Northern Song Dynasty and was prevalent in Southern Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasty. The Neo-Confucianists in Song Dynasty advocated observing everything in the world, liked to learn more about nature, got closer to everything and studied reasonable interest. In modern researches mostly affirm the effect of "Gewuzhizhi" to the realism of meticulous flower-and-bird painting in Song Dynasty."Gewu" means studying and contacting with objects,"Zhizhi" means obtaining knowledge; that is the principles and rules to study object and then conclude as conceptual knowledge.Many aspects about realism of meticulous flower-and-bird painting have changed since Song Dynasty. And compare them in many aspects such as painting materials, presentation form and technique, the theme of presentation, observing angle, infiltration regularity and composition method&idea.At the end of paper, talk about the thoughts about realism creation, mainly in the imagery of modeling and self-cultivation of painters. At the same time of following with the traditional realism, we should advance with the times, bring forth new ideas and develop constantly.