The Application Of Totem Elements In Chinese Figure Painting

Neolithic invented the pottery,and created and life is closely related to the pattern patterns,such as plant patterns and fish patterns,deer and other animal patterns,from these pottery patterns can be seen in the seeds of traditional Chinese painting.Stone Age productivity development so that people’s lives have material security and gradually formed a sense of beauty,began to focus on their own and the beauty of life.Yangshao culture of a wide variety of totem patterns,totem pattern with oblique lines,triangular and wide stripes and other geometric patterns,in addition to a lot of animal patterns,which animal patterns with deep painting fun and fascinating Artistic charm.In ancient society,totem elements have a particularly strong role,is the clan tribe of the faith,is their guardian,totem signs and distinction between the most significant function.China’s fifty-six nationalities have their own different national totem elements,such as the Miao’s cattle totem and butterfly totem,as well as Mongolian wolf totem and deer totem and so on.However,the totem symbol also changes with the changing needs of the people.Today’s Chinese totem faith still exists,it also deeply affects us.Although the appearance of Chinese totem elements is abstract but in simple and simple form to fully express their emotions,because the totem symbol is simple and clear lines and graphics and the formation of a highly general form of the United States,totem on those continuation Stretch the curve,continuous,like also volume is also Shu’s cloud,like a gurgling brook,people memorable.This is also the pursuit of the Chinese painting and the realm of the United States coincide,the Chinese painting to promote the "foreign division of the good fortune,the heart" from the natural,from life,in the primitive society painted pottery totem pattern painted animals and plants,Drawing cattle and sheep hunting is also "outside the good fortune" embodiment.Totem element connotation is to reflect the historical accumulation of a nation,totem also reflects people’s worship of nature and a longing for a better life.Now the Chinese figure painting creation should also absorb the essence of nutrition in the totem,so that the creation of Chinese figure painting and totem elements between the soul of resonance.