The Research Of The Artistic Characteristics And Social Expressions Of The Blue And White Sports-themed Childreri-playing Pattern From Ming Dynasty

The main methods used in this thesis include documentary study,on-the-spot investigation,image analysis,interview,qualitative analysis and crossover research toward the blue and white sports-themed children-playing pattern from Ming Dynasty,with the aim to obtain the content,form,artistic and aesthetic characteristics of the displayed sport activities,as well as their relationship with the social life of Ming Dynasty,the social phenomena and social ideology they implicated,to study and analyze the origin and essence of the emerging of this genre.The research results suggest:1?The sport activities showcased by the blue and white sports-themed children-playing pattern are mostly recreational sports and children's athletic games,whose main contents are as follows,bamboo-horse riding,kite flying,top whipping,martial art practicing,ball kicking,grass competing,dancing with musical accompaniment,shuttlecock kicking,athletic game playing,and chess playing etc,being consistent with the main content and characteristic of the sports activities of Ming Dynasty.2?The artistic characteristics of sports-themed children-playing pattern on porcelain from Ming Dynasty of different periods varied,mainly in accordance with the changes of politics,economy,ceramic technology,and social ideology of Ming society.The blue and white sports-themed children-playing pattern from Ming Dynasty inherited certain artistic manners from Song and Yuan Dynasties,like the method of blending figure and scenery,at the same time,ceaselessly innovated and developed new ones,like the maturity of blue and white skill application,the increase of the figure number etc.The blue and white sports-themed children-playing pattern from Ming Dynasty influenced the artistic manners of ceramic children-playing pattern of later ages,serving as a link between the preceding and following.3?The blue and white sports-themed children-playing pattern from Ming Dynasty contains feature with the distinctive aesthetic characteristics which are represented as follows: the aesthetic conception of pursuing truth,kindness and beauty,and returning to one's original simplicity;conveying the internal pursuit of truth,kindness and beauty,and the sentiment of advocating innocence and sincerity;corresponding with the Chinese aesthetic psychologies of accomplishing something by leading a quiet life,returning to one's original simplicity,and achieving detachment from the earthly world;possessing exclusive athletic aesthetics and artistic expressions,favourable athletic formal beauty and dynamic beauty,producing the beauty of health,nature and harmony.4?The blue and white sports-themed children-playing pattern from Ming Dynasty reveals the sports activity features in children's life of Ming Dynasty,as well as the contents and characteristics of the main sport activities in Ming society.5?The blue and white sports-themed children-playing pattern from Ming Dynasty reflects numerous social psychologies of the then society:integrating the good aspirations of more happiness coming with more offspring,being successful in both politics and business,enjoying auspicious happiness,and bringing glory to one's ancestors;manifestating the intentions of constituting the regime by force and showing the strength;delivering the social phenomena of demonstrating the honorable status of aristocratic families and expecting big-household-big-business;voicing people's disappointment or dissatisfaction toward the imperial court by deliberately and grotesquely distorting the figures in sport activities on the blue and white porcelain made near the end of Ming Dynasty,a sure sign of the collapse of the dynasty.6?Fundamentally,the original intention of the blue and white sport-themed children-playing pattern is not to proactively represent and express sport activities,however this form inspires the contemporary society.The contemporary society should mingle all forms of art represented by ceramics with sports,artistically express and document sports through these forms,propagate sports and sport culture via the art carriers,enrich sport material culture and art.At the same time,the art forms could propagate themselves by large-scale sport activities and events,thereby,a win-win situation as well as the diversified development of both values would be achieved.