Study On The Theme And Motif Of Chinese Art

In the art history of China, some of the themes are so popular that artists usually tend to choose them and do some recreation.In order to ensure the expressiveness and identification of the themes, artists always choose the same key motif to do recreation. Nevertheless, different background and period will course different art works, which are performed in motifs and forms.The theme of Tao Yuanming's seclusion comes from Chinese literature, which is the mirror of Chinese art. Literati and scholar-bureaucrats really love this theme, they created lots of art works about this theme to announce their own emotion and spirit which is similar with Tao Yuanming's."Returning Home" and "Peach Blossom Spring" are two different theme which have different sources respectively. Returning Home's source is single, which presented in the succession of time; Peach Blossom Spring's source is complex. It has two trends in the very beginning, and developed from split to fusion, which shows diversification in room.It is important to define the effect of recessive and dominant text,Key and auxiliary motif in theme expression. Meanwhile, it is also making sense to test the openness of art motif and theme by Tao Yuanming's anecdotes. Analyzing art motif and theme is a new way to discuss the transition of art history.