The Study Of Xuwei’s Painting Aesthetics And Its Modern Meanings

This paper explores XuWei’s life experience, personality and its thought origin firstly, pointed out that XuWei’s painting aesthetics has profound realistic reason and thought origin which make it be independent school and self-contained in the history of aesthetics. XuWei’s bright talent, unique personality and his legendary experience not only gives him a keen artistic vision and extraordinary artistic sensibility, but also enhanced his understanding of the nature, value, characteristics and value of the art. At the same time, the trend of ideological emancipation in the late Ming Dynasty is an important driving force for the production of the painting aesthetics of XuWei. The unique personality temperament and the special background influenced the birth of XuWei’s painting aesthetics.On this basis, this paper summarizes and analyzes a series of XuWei’s painting aesthetics ideas-"Frank and natural","The key of painting is vivid or not","Abandon the shape then pay attention to the romantic charm"."Frank and natural" means that we should express our real emotion in the painting."The key of painting is vivid or not" means the art of painting must express the artist’s inner sincere aesthetic feeling; in addition, it also contains a deep meaning which means the obtaining of "Yi" must be based on the firm meticulous skills."Abandon the shape then pay attention to the romantic charm" mean when people make or appreciate the painting, they should transcend the simple form, then focus on the vivid charm in the whole picture, only in this way, we can grasp the conception and meaning of the art of painting, but not vulgar. Xu Wei ventured to pursue the Aesthetic Ideals of Art,which is crazy and great,which is full of contradiction,which has modern romanticism and splendor. His Aesthetic Ideals of Art broaden and deepen further aesthetic experience of people.The series of painting aesthetics concept of XuWei is generated from the influence of Chinese traditional painting aesthetics and its art practice, it contains strong traditional color; but the social environment and XuWei’s unique life experience and personality made his painting esthetics thought advance greatly. XuWei inherited the tradition, at the same time, he also has strongly modern means which has unique meaning in the history of Chinese painting. Look at the painting aesthetics of XuWei from the perspective of aesthetic modernity, we can see that XuWei’s painting aesthetics ideas put the inner emotion and content in the position of the ontology of art. stress the people’s absolutely subjectivity position in the world, express the extremely personal and subjective emotion in his art works.It has strongly modern color, but at the same time, XuWei’s painting aesthetics and Western modern aesthetic concept which opposite the tool rationality and reflect the cultural contradiction of Capitalism have different realm of history and practical pertinence, XuWei’s painting aesthetics contains strong color of opposing feudal. XuWei’s painting aesthetics is the first call for the modern aesthetics in the art aesthetics of Chinese traditional society, it has profound historical significance.