The Composition Rule Of Chinese Landscape Painting And Its Application

In Chinese landscape painting, composition principles play a decisive role and take on unique beauty of form. With the development through several dynasties, great changes have taken place in the composition principles of contemporary landscape painting. Initial triangle and S-shaped composition forms have developed into some modern composition patterns which possess characters full of era sense such as abstraction,decorative style and symbolization.The paper is divided into four chapters to analyze the composition principles of Chinese landscape painting. Chapter one explores the great influence of traditional Chinese philosophy on the composition principles of Chinese landscape painting. The second chapter mainly clarifies the evolution process of Chinese landscape painting over the past dynasties.The third chapter focuses on the rule of composition of Chinese landscape painting to the realm of pursuit and application;chapter four is elaborated on the Chinese landscape painting composition rules in the use of contemporary landscape painting,as well as in the present contemporary art works in the specific performance.Through the study on the origin, evolution and application of traditional landscape painting compositionprinciples, both in theory and practice, we will have a chance to intensively understand and appreciate the profound connotation of traditional Chinese landscape painting.The process they materialize their subjective consciousness in the painting is to express the meaning beyond the materials.The paper manifests the importance of the composition principles through studying the theory on the whole, comparing and analyzing typical artistic works. Besides, the composition principles of traditional Chinese landscape painting will greatly affect the tendency of contemporary painting.The most important and advanced principle in traditional Chinese landscape painting is distance, which emphasize the distanced artistic conception. The beauty of artistic conception is the eternal pursuit of artists and they cannot reach this goal without reasonable composition. Traditional composition can help create and convey beauty. Those principles are based on a good knowledge of ancient Chinese philosophy. Therefore, we have to go back and study ancient Chinese philosophy further so that we can master and well apply the traditional Chinese landscape painting composition principle. With the rapidly development of global economy, we have seen a diversified world. As a form of culture, painting is facing unprecedentedhuge challenge. To remain independent and stand out in other cultures, Chinese landscape painting must insist on the ethnic characters and takes the advantages of other artistic forms. As can be imagine, the current creation of contemporary Chinese landscape will bring more direction of development.