Study On The Spiritual Significance Of The Art Of "Embodiment" And"Mimesis" Between Chinese And Western Painting Portraits

Visual art history and visual culture, western philosophy epistemology tradition ofinterdependence, mutual focus just just. The aesthetic characteristics of Westerntradition is "out," to the pursuit of noble, elegant, once the realistic at all, andChinese art master "meaning", in pursuit of "image" and the state, to express feelingsand creative spirit of the individual as a fundamental. Although the East and west artin development, constantly seeking new vigor and vitality, and to some extent alsoshow concern and reflection, mutual but from the physical world, are discussed,muddy,, harmony but not sameness.With the progress of modern civilization, culture and art development in the East andWest in constant collision and exchange. The art practice, Chinese in enthusiasticallycolor of Western art and "form" at the same time, the west is in eastern aesthetics"fantasy""image" to attract, reproduction and art. Although the two from the angleof nature to explore, but contributed to the "big discussion concrete" and "image"."Concrete" and "image" is China art in twentieth Century on Chinese and Westernculture the result of choice, is the two main lines China oil painting in the first halfof the twentieth Century development. The former represents the traditional Westernpainting origin influence and Chinese social political choice, the latter represents thefusion of western modern art and traditional art trend of thought Chinese anotherreference.This article from this branch of portrait painting as the starting point, theunderstanding of "concrete" and "image" of oil painting oil painting style, throughanalyzing the status and value of representational painting, as well as to image oilpainting form, spiritual pursuit and so on, and then Chinese painters should not onlyabsorb and reference to the western "figurative" artistic elements, also should graspthe "image" into the Chinese traditional art essence and connotation. The "concrete" and "image" together, create conforms to China emotion and the originality of theidea of painting.