Comparative Study On The Ancient Mythology Theme In Chinese And Western Painting

Myth is the form of art in the early days of human development,the origin of civilization,as a result of the backwardness of productive forces,which leads to the unexplained natural scenes and conditions.Then the myth also changed,became a religion,became people worship and belief in the thinking state,and finally become the ruling class control the public consciousness tool.And the emergence and intervention of painting became the best way to vividly account fairy tales and religious teachings.In turn,it pushes forward the progress of human art.Early paintings in the west is mostly based on the mythology,although there are many descriptions of the ancient kings of the epic story,but most of them have been deified shadow.Therefore,the comparative study of Chinese and Western mythology paintings is of great significance to the history of Chinese and Western culture and the history of art development.This paper discusses the Chinese and Western mythology paintings in form,content,ideas,techniques and other aspects,through the time axis,describes the Chinese from primitive society to the Ming and Qing Dynasties,the Western myth from the primitive society,medieval,Renaissance and religion in nineteenth Century to the theme of painting development,analogy research,trying to find out internal relations of Chinese and Western mythology religious paintings,and by drawing the explicit form of its inherent ideological roots to find differences on.The relationship between myth and art as the premise,to determine the status of the source for the development of painting mythology,myth and religion are closely linked,this paper introduces the overview of Chinese and Western mythology and religion,to lay a theoretical foundation for this paper;and then introduced the Western myth religious paintings,the performance of the image feature the form of painting,techniques and the development of the situation;the middle also refers to the integration of Chinese and Western culture influence on mythological painting development.Then it analyzes the influence of Chinese and Western culture on mythology and the development of mythology and religious themes.Finally,it discusses the influence of mythological and religious themes,the important themes of this painting on thedevelopment of contemporary Chinese and Western painting,creative thinking and creative techniques.