A Study Of Aesthetic Modernity In Satoshi Kon's Animation Art

Japanese animation,as an important part of the history of animation development,carries a heavy theme interpretation method,showing the style characteristics of serious thought.Aside from the influence of traditional culture,the cultural context of modernity has had a major impact on Japanese animated films.As an iconic director who witnessed the Japanese society's encounter between modern and postmodern,Satoshi Kon's animation works have risen rapidly under this trend.This article focuses on the aesthetic modernity connotation embodied in Satoshi Kon's animation works,and based on Satoshi Kon's sober thoughts and deep human care for people and humanity and social reality,he deeply explores the human connotation of Satoshi Kon's animation.In the triple modernity gap under the coexistence of Multiple cultures,the endless expansion of capital,and ideological conventions,Satoshi Kon persistently explores the personal spiritual world,deeply analyzes the Japanese national ideological culture,and transcends the dilemma of aesthetic modernity.The structure of this article is based on the idea of "animation ontology-expression skills-aesthetic culture".In the introductory part,I mainly sort out the research status and the significance of stating the topic.The first and second chapters summarize the development history of Satoshi Kon's creation,summarize the main context,and combine the theoretical knowledge of aesthetic modernity to specifically explain the anime text and comic text,focusing on the study of animation expressions,as well as the character modeling,lens language,The avant-garde and exploratory nature of narrative style and other aspects,and the use of cultural criticism methods of surrealism and postmodernism,think that the content of his animation is a reflection on the transformation of modern culture to postmodern culture.The third chapter explores the culturalsignificance of aesthetic modernity pointed to by Satoshi Kon's animation works on the basis of the foregoing discussion,and explores how he transcended the plight of aesthetic modernity.Charles Pierre Baudelaire describes modernity as: features of irregularity,wandering,decadent and ugly beauty.First of all,from the deconstruction of the human spiritual world,the infinite expansion of rational subjects and the rapid development of industrial society,an unprecedented desire for control and capture of natural resources has erupted,transforming sacred nature into commodities that can be dismembered and coded.At the same time,eventually human beings are materialized and commercialized.Satoshi Kon's animation works Just show the process of personification in the consciousness field.Secondly,it builds a bridge between traditional aesthetics and modern aesthetics from the perspectives of the beauty of witchcraft and the beauty of material grief,showing the issue of aesthetic acceptance in modern Japanese society.Finally,the analysis of the shame orientation of Japanese culture,repayment of debts,discrimination of justice,and gender equality analysis rise to the perspective of cultural anthropology.Chapter 4 introduces Satoshi Kon's status and influence in the international animation art,reveals the aesthetic modernity inspiration brought by his animation,and discusses the limitations of Satoshi Kon's animation,leading to his adult aesthetic orientation,which is lower than mainstream animated films The development of juveniles contrasts and looks forward to the future.The concluding part summarizes the research of the full text,emphasizing that today's animation goes beyond the reflection and criticism of Japanese national culture,and directly refers to the reflection and criticism of modern culture and modern people.