On The Beauty Of "Structural Elegance"—A Case Study Of Liang Kai's Slimming Strokes In Chinese Figure Painting

Since ancient times,poetry,literature,books,and paintings have all paid attention to "moral integrity" and " strength of character",Wang Guowei,a contemporary and modern art critic,said in "The Notes and comments on Ci Poetry" : "Wen Feiqing's poetry is the " sentence elegance ";Wei Duaji's poetry is the " structural elegance ";Li Chongguang's poetry is the" psychic elegance ".He believes that the " structural elegance "represent the beauty of the image that appears in a formal structure." Therefore,the beauty of "structural elegance" reflects not only the aesthetic feeling of structure in the works of art,but also reflects the relationship among painting style,literati style the evaluation of poetry.This topic takes the Southern Song Dynasty painter Liang Kai's " slimming strokes in Chinese figure painting" as the main line.First of all,from his early,middle and late painting stages,to analyze the characteristics of the beauty of "structural elegance" in each stage;Secondly,it explains the difference and connection between the sense of "construct elegance"and"elegant skeleton and delicate features",Around the painting techniques and ideas such as"the structural using of the brush","the skill independent of line","place intention before painting","teasing calligraphy","spirit of literati" and so on,explaining the meaning of the pulchritude of "construct elegance" and explain the connotation and application of "structural elegance" in Liang Kai's slimming strokes in Chinese figure painting;Thirdly,around the three aspects of structure beauty,ink,and innovation,explaining the formal beauty of the "structural elegance" and explains the formal the goodliness of "structural elegance" in Liang Kai's reduced-pen figure painting;In addition,the fourth chapter mainly discusses the influence of the pulchritude of "structural elegance" in Liang Kai's reduced figure painting on later generations and East Asia,and illustrates the origin of painting with the example of Fa Chang,Xu Wei,and Shi Tao's ink figure painting;The fifth chapter focuses on the process of the basic stage of shape formation in the painting,taking off the shape of object and image and the stage of "impermanence to discusses the development stage of Liang Kai's reduced figure painting,and the continuous sublimation of the beauty of "structural elegance";The last part is thesummary of this topic.As a whole,the thesis "on the beauty of 'structural elegance' in Liang Kai's slimming strokes in Chinese figure painting is intended to expound the uniqueness of his painting,It is more inclined to analysis of the three stages of Liang Kai's painting: early,middle and late.it contains the interpretation of the cognition of skeletal structures,returning to the authentic existence and the pursuit of spiritual shackles,without his simple style and painting achievements of Chinese figure painting.This subject adopts the methods of quoting documents,collecting images,giving examples,comparing textual research,summing up and so on,presenting them in the form of tables,pictures,words and so on,starting with practical investigation and research.Tabulation Analysis summarizes the degree of affection of the works of Liang Kai in different periods of time,analyzes the reasons,opens up ideas,and lays the groundwork for the research of arguments.Through this study,we excavate the embodiment of the beauty of "structural elegance" in Chinese figure painting.The connotation of "structural elegance" is demonstrated from three aspects: skeleton structure,life true and spiritual realm.Finally,the shape cultivation achieved in the figure painting of Liang Kai is contrasted with that achieved in the figure painting of Liang Kai's three realms: slimming strokes in Chinese figure painting,and the cognition of skeletal structures,returning to the authentic existence and "the pursuit of spiritual shackles.