| Starting with the formation of Wang Yuanqi’s light colored landscape works, this articlemakes specific definition of the light colored landscape painting and light coloring method bythe comprehensive and systematic analysis on Wang Yuanqi’s light colored landscape worksand light coloring method, which leads to the development and inheritance of light coloringmethod in the classical landscape painting, then to find the key points in the process. Andthrough the brief description and analysis of the characteristics of each key point, it lays outthe general process of inheritance and evolution of the light colored landscape painting stepby step. At the same time, it roughly divides several periods of the formation of the style ofWang Yuanqi’s light colored landscape works, summing up the characteristics. Then from thefeatures of his coloring method, it specifically analyzes his contribution to the light color andlight colored landscape painting. Furthermore, it describes the unique picture effect in severalaspects caused by this contribution. Next, it will longitudinally compare the effect of WangYuanqi’s light colored works with that of classical Chinese landscape painters, such as HuangKung-wang, Wang Meng, Dong Qichang and horizontally compare with Wang Shimin, WangJian and Wang Hui to do analysis to explore how the specific contribution of his light colormethod is embodied in the works, so we can better understand his improvement in thiscoloring method and gradually grasp the characteristics of the formation process. Moreover, itwill try to make a comparison between his works and those of Western artists,Cezanne andMonet in color, thus to further enhance the re-understanding on his originality. Finally, based on the foregoing summary, we locate the contribution made by Wang Yuanqi inlight colored landscape painting, which thus lead us to think about nowadays the inadequaciesof the succession in color and propose to carry forward the reasonable traditional part as wellas thinking about how to continue making innovations. |