The Infiuence Of Technological Progress Upon Artistic Expression In The Development Of Dongyang Woodcarving

As two important creative activities,technology and art always affect the production and life of human.With the continuous interacting between technology and art,People begint and continue to concentrate on the relationship between them.But there is no final conclusion about the relationship between technology and art.This paper discusses specifically about the artistic expression,which has been influenced by the technological progress,which from the perspective of the philosophy of science and technology and based on the relationship between technology and art.By historical investigating the development process of Dongyang Woodcarving,and combining with fieldwork,this paper describes the influence of technological progress upon artistic expression during the handmade production period and the industrial production period of Dongyang Woodcarving respectively.And found that the influence of technological progress upon artistic expression shows some similarities and difference in the two periods.On this basis,this paper makes reasonable forecast the relationship between technology and art in the future.The handmade production period of Dongyang Woodcarving,begins in the Tang Dynasty and ended in the year of 1959.In the handmade production period,the technical experts of Dongyang Woodcarving technology are the wood carving artists.This technology is characterized by the main creations are the artists,and who in the handmade way of carving,with the help of chisel,gouge,butterfly chisel,triangular chisel,warping chisel,knife,and other traditional tools.In this period,the artistic expression of Dongyang Woodcarving is also rising with the progress of the technology.The industrial production period of Dongyang Woodcarving,begins in the year of 1959,when the first machine coiling machine had been invented.In this period,the technology of Dongyang Woodcarving had been separated to two technologies,the modern handmade craving technology and modern machinery manufacturing technology.The technical experts of the modern handmade craving technology are still the wood carving artists,and the main creation are also the artists,they use the traditional tools and the electric carving knives to make wood carving.But the technical experts of the modern machinery manufacturing technology are the technical specialists.The mechanical equipment becomes the main creation.And the production process of wood carving also have been dominated by the modern tools,just like the rolling machine,copying machine,computer engraving machine control.In terms of the modern carving technology,the artistic expression of Dongyang Woodcarving is still rising with the progress of the technology.But in terms of the modern machinery manufacturing technology,the progress of the technology promotes the artistic expression,and also is against it.In summary,in the development process of Dongyang Woodcarving,the influence of technological progress upon artistic expression constantly changes whenever the technical experts of the technology changes.But throughout the process of the development of modern machinery manufacturing technology,it can be found that when the technology makes progress,it will make up for the lack of flexibility and Engraving precision at the same time.Although the progress of the modern machinery manufacturing technology hinders the artistic expression,in the long run,with the progress of science and technology it will surely promote the artistic performance of Dongyang Woodcarving.Therefore,the Dongyang wood carving will eventually be benefitted from technological progress.