| Mineral painting is Chinese traditional painting， as well the most antiquated painting material ofhuman being. Mineral painting was defined by Chinese fine art circles with high-developed modern societyand reused art circles. In actuality, using mineral matter for painting has existed for a long time amongChinese traditional paintings. However, its methods for making and usage have not changed at all.The Chinese art circles are impacted by foreign painting ideology with the development of the times，the opening policy and the communication of China and foreign countries. In fact, the controversy of themineral painting is a new cognition of it that the modern mineral painting artists have. Like traditional washpainting, claborate-stly painting all rest of it are a kind of simple painting style. However, the mineralpainting is new-fashioned painting style mixed multi painting style, which is a question for commondiscussion for art circles.The development of contemporary mineral painting mixes with the spiritual of Chinese and westernand essences of Chinese painting. using modern technique and language form makes Chinese mineralpainting take on modern aesthetic form and also make the color of Chinese painting more rich, whichexpand new area for Chinese painting.This paper is divided into three chapters to discuss. The first chapter starts from the concept of mineralpainting to introduce what is it and its characters. systemically describes the generation, brilliant period,recession and resurge of mineral painting, in short, its respective period history. The usage of the mineralmatter in the earliest period as the start of this chapter, then simply introducing its appearance and thedevelopment and usage process of mineral matter during Qin and Han dynasties. Then we enter into thebrilliant achievement of mineral painting. Namely, fresco during Tang dynasty, because of the prevalentsituation of DunHuang fresco during Tang dynasty, therefore, the characteristic and painting style of theDunHuang fresco would simply be introduced here. In its recession period, due to the rise of wash painting,mineral painting became recession with the usage of the mineral matter increasingly diminished after Songdynasty. The final is the resurge of mineral painting. China also increasingly begun to communicate with outside world with the development of society in1980s. the communication between China and Japan isgradually increase, China stepped from the wash painting which dominated the whole painting style intomulti-painting style. The lost mineral painting was recovered and attached importance again.The second chapter is the present situation of mineral painting in our country. We discuss it from fouraspects. The first, the enlighten of Japan painting. Second, the exploration of mineral painting. The third,the development environment in our country. The Fourth, the problem of it and its solution. Mineralpainting has always been a controversial topic, therefore it resulted plenty of plight. The mineral paintingmust get out of the plight if it is wanted to be developed. Mineral painting would have new developmentwhen we resolve its existing problems.The third chapter elaborates its value and the tendency of its development, which including twoaspects. The value of mineral painting and its inheritance and development. Not only does the mineralpainting inherits the form, material, aesthetics of traditional essence, but innovates on the basis of it andtakes in foreign excellent part.Nowadays, people have endowed the mineral painting with more modern aesthetic view,which gainsmore and more flavor of lovers of painting.more and more people are getting attention on mineral painting.From the angle of the usage of traditional mineral matters, according to the data and literature that I haveknown to analyze the problem during its development and the reason why it generated and combine thenew form of language and aesthetics that taken on in modern mineral painting. Then the tendency andvalue of modern mineral painting will be analyzed and explored. The development of modern art is multi-dimension and multi-culture, therefore Chinese mineral painting art will create greater glories with newlook through studying, contemplating and communicating with various countries. |
