The Contemporary Meticulous Flower And Bird Paintings Draw On And Explore The Flower And Bird Paintings Of The Song Dynasty

Traditional Chinese realistic flowers and birds painting, standing in the world for its unique art form, is different from other types of art. After generations of accumulation and inheritance, in Song Dynasty, traditional Chinese realistic flowers and birds painting has reached a peak in its development. In this new historical background, contemporary Chinese realistic flowers and birds painting has a new change and epochal significance. Contemporary Chinese realistic flowers and birds painting inherited “the splendor and elegancy” of traditional Chinese realistic flowers and birds painting in the Song Dynasty; Inherited the internalization of “natural investigation” and “moral personality”; Inherited the picture expression in the aspect of techniques, color, and art of composition. At the same time, contemporary Chinese realistic flowers and birds painting also present the diversification of art form in this new era under the influence of social development, cultural change, and cultural communication in the world.There is an unbroken link between tradition and modern. A nation with more than one thousand year's culture shouldn't abandon its classical aesthetic form and traditional spirit in the path of development and innovation of its painting art.Chapter One, literature review of the background of Song Dynasty and artistic characteristics of Song flowers and birds painting; Chapter Two, emphasized on the reference of tradition and analyze contemporary Chinese realistic flowers and birds painting; Chapter Three, personal feeling about my painting during thegraduate study and the presentation of Song flowers and birds painting's influence on my personal works of art.