The Visual Communication In The State Of The Cultural Revolution

Chinese painter Ai Zhongxin wrote in "encyclopedia of China fine arts":"art is also called the visual arts, from the aesthetic subject and object between the media is mainly for visual perception. Visual arts definition, which is very wide, who mainly through visual media do appreciate all the visual arts, style, form or symbol, can be included." This passage illustrates the art the most significant artistic features, that is to say, we can through the factors of perceived to grasp the simple sense of art. Art visual expressive not only reflected in the appreciation of works of art, it can also through the,"message" to communicate emotion. Sociologist C. Charles Cooley think that "sending messages" is man’s relations can develop and exist a kind of skills, including symbols of all thoughts and ways of preserve the symbols in the space. In the field of art, generally thought visual convey mainly reflected in the design, is using the modeling method as well as a variety of visual media to convey information to an activity, including graphics, colors, images and so on manifestation. However, from the purpose and function of visual communication, it is a clear purpose of activities. Review of20th century, like a rising wind and scudding clouds of Chinese art, particularly notable art phenomenon, is always related to Chinese revolutionary art trend. As a special historical background of the cultural revolution art, either from the Angle of social politics or art change to look at, the importance of its meaning not to be neglected with, so to speak. Ranging from art to politics, politics to art the development of the Chinese art is always under the influence of national states and political party consciousness, in particular, literary and political relations closely linked, therefore, China’s famous scholars Kong Xinmiao has summarizes the characteristic of the Chinese modern art, says "the development of art in the20th century in China, by the hand of history of magic as a contains inherent symmetry structure." Late40s to70s in Chinese art history is a special period in the field of political factors comprehensive intervention in art, art and the aesthetic function of contact at the time of China is particularly prominent. Mao Zedong in1942in yan ’an literature and art symposium speech put forward "art belongs to" of politics,"is to obey the party in a revolutionary period of revolutionary task." As a result, on the subject matter content mainly focus on Mao Zedong’s loyalty and a celebration of the positive image, although the cultural revolution of the single dogmatic literary thoughts influence the direction of the artistic creation, but in visual ways, convey a lot of information. Vision is the most basic human psychological and physical phenomenon, as people’s research suggests that humans are the vast majority of all the information is obtained through visual received, in art during the cultural revolution is through the visual characteristics of passing information to people.This article thesis is introducing the concept of "visual communication" art of the cultural revolution, from visual performance study of various types of fine arts during the cultural revolution, from symbols convey, image communication, video to convey three aspects to discuss the cultural revolution in visual art, the condition in different levels to understand the visual representation of the art works. Visual communication in the first chapter analysis the cultural revolution art category, with concise words to explain the concept of symbols, images, video, the second chapter focus on the status of visual symbol, the symbol of cultural revolution was a peak of fine arts, has widespread function, therefore, in this paper, starting from the historical development of semiotics to the manifestation of visual symbols, analyses the typical symbol in the cultural revolution art types, including color symbols, words, figures and so on symbol element. The third chapter from the visual image understanding of the cultural revolution art. Image as a kind of the most ancient forms of visual communication, performance in the cultural revolution, is a stylized and simplified and politicized tendency shows in front of the viewer. So, from the state general cultural revolution art image is divided into static and dynamic two parts. Fourth chapter is visual communication art research which emerged in recent years, especially in China, for its study has just begun, this article mainly from the "cultural revolution" the fine arts in the video, will analyze explain its unique status, pay attention to the cultural revolution visual performance in content.