The Scientific And Artistic Characteristics Of Natural History Drawings And Its Contemporary Value

Natural history drawings is the art that uses the form of painting to display the scientific knowledge obtaining in the processes of exploring and understanding nature.Natural history drawings can reproduce the natural,experience the subtlety of nature creation,and inspect the relationship between human and the nature.With painting to express the scientific discovery and scientific phenomenon,itself is the fusion of science and art.In short,Natural history drawings is the painting art with the scientific spirit injecting in.The scientificity of Natural history drawings make it play an important role to spread and popularize the science knowledge,which fully shows its special status and irreplaceability in the natural science research.And its artistic quality is more conducive to the popularity of natural history knowledge and the spread research results,and is better to promote cultural exchanges and communication of scientific information.For a long time,the study of Natural history drawingss mainly in western academia,and western academia generally believes that Europe is the birthplace of natural history and Natural history drawings.In fact,in any regions and countries,there is its unique natural history culture and characteristics,where the local Natural history drawings is the strong evidence of reflecting the characteristics of the local natural history.Chinese Natural history drawings has its own features of the concepts of natural history and expression,which reflects the social and cultural background of China,and embodies the Chinese people's scientific concept and art view.Firstly,this thesis uses the development history of Chinese and western Natural history drawings as the background,through systematically combing the evolution of Chinese and western Natural history drawings at different stages in history,comparatively analyzes the characteristics of the natural history between Chinese and western painting,and reveals the science,art,culture and social background behind the evolution.Secondly,the thesis analyzes the significance of continuous researching and developing Natural history drawingsin the context of contemporary,from its scientific value,artistic value,cultural value,social value,historical value.Finally,this thesis proposes how to carry out the innovation of Natural history drawings under the historical background in the rapid development of science and technology and in impacting from techniques for photography.The development of science and technology has been not only impacting the traditional Natural history drawings,but also can push forward the innovation of Natural history drawings.With the development of science and technology,all kinds of new tools and new materials have been involving in the field of art.which will combine the traditional techniques and modern technology,and perform the new humanistic spirit and aesthetic experience in Natural history drawings from the multiple media,culture,technology,and in terms of a variety of artistic features,to realize the purpose of exploring nature, understanding nature,representing nature,and protecting nature,and to better inherit and develop this painting art with the scientific spirit injected in.