Western Realistic Portrait Painting Expression Of Light

In the art of painting, the painting language has its special status and function in the western traditional painting and modern painting period. In the realistic context, in the traditional and modern portrait oil painting art has different forms and transfer different artistic connotation. Research and performance of light is particularly important in realistic oil paintings, we can see from the previous western portrait painting, whether it is reproducing realistic or inner realistic manifestation, has a different focus and aesthetic orientation in the application and expression style and the light.Western realistic portrait oil painting art, the expression of light is not only a means of representing the object, is the organization and expression form of subjective emotion picture visual symbols. However, the light and the performance of the application is directly related to the western realistic portrait painting artistic charm. Here, from the gathered light, diffuse light, Matt, backlighting and unnatural light with light to interpret development, light way realistic portrait painting and aesthetic characteristics. Renaissance figure put on beautiful holy brilliance, due to the development of natural science and visual art revolution, development to the Baroque like focus, dramatic optical characteristics, and then to the subjective release of light of modern painting analysis of natural sunlight Impressionism and after. Different light especially corresponding aesthetic characteristics. The psychological mechanism of religion; emotions; highlight the work atmosphere; all forms of language structure and expression of decorative taste are closely related with use and expression of light. Light and as an important plastic element and form of realistic portrait painting has not be ignored, the more it is particularly important for its research, efforts to tap the realistic portrait painting in light and aesthetic characteristics shown, in order to reveal the inherent characteristics of Western realistic portrait art.