A Study Of Poems On Paintings Of Figures In The Song Dynasty

Poetry about Character Painting is a category of poetry about painting.It is combination of poetry and character painting.This form of poetry matured and developed comprehensively in Song Dynasty.This paper takes Song Dynasty’s Poetry about Character Painting as research object,studies the development of Song Dynasty’s Poetry on Character Painting,reflections of Song people’s aesthetic tendency,the uniqueness of Song Dynasty’s Poetry about Character Painting,and it’s poetry history position.The main body of this paper is divided into four parts:The first part elaborates the development of Song Dynasty’s Poetry about Character Painting.There are more than 700 Poetry about Character Painting in Song Dynasty.In the process of creation,the poet pays attention to some classical figure paintings of the contemporary and previous generations.Based on the content of the poems,it can be divided into portrait poems,ladies’ poems on about paintings and people’s activities poems on about paintings.The second part is from the view of aesthetic,studies the reflection of Song Dynasty’s Poetry about Character Painting on Song people’s aesthetic tendency.Under the background of the development of Song-style culture,and the influence of Neo-Confucianism,Song Dynasty’s Poetry about Character Painting formed an aesthetic tendency of "taking freehand brushwork as beauty".It mainly manifests itself in neglecting the external "form" of things and paying attention to the expression of internal spirit.Under the influence of domestic and foreign troubles and political system of attaching great importance to culture and despising military force,the aesthetic tendency of "taking temperament as beauty" has been formed,mainly manifested in the reconstruction of the ideal aesthetic personality.Under the background of the integration of the three religions,the Song Dynasty’s Poetry about Character Painting formed an aesthetic tendency of "plain as beautiful".The main manifestations are the choice of life-oriented theme,the expression of calm and desalinated feelings and the use of desalinated language.The third part studies the artistic uniqueness of Song Dynasty’s Poetry about Character Painting.Firstly,the Song Dynasty poems on figure paintings show strong narrative color,which is reflected in the biographical narrative of characters,the introduction of allusions and the description of scenes.Secondly,it is embodied in profound philosophical interpretation,mainly in the interpretation of the principles of life,the universe and art.Finally,in the creation of Song Dynasty figure painting poems,imagination,detail description and exaggeration were also integrated into the process.The fourth part studies the status of Poetry about Character Painting in the history of poetry.Song Dynasty’s Poetry about Character Painting inherited and innovated the previous generation in form and thems.In terms of form,it inherits the main creative modes of the previous generation,such as the praise of characters,and connects poetry and painting more closely in the praise of characters.In terms of thems,the Poetry about Character Painting of previous generations have been perfected to some extent,paying attention to real life,describing a lot of characters’ activities and historical allusions.Then,Song Dynasty’s poems about figure painting also had a great impact on painting and poetry.In the aspect of painting,the poems about figure painting opened up the theme of Song Dynasty’s figure painting,added more poetry to figure painting and added many painting theories.In terms of poetry,the Poetry about Character Painting also promoted the diversified development of poems,enriched the spiritual connotation of Song Dynasty poems,enhanced the freehand brushwork of poems,and had a great impact on the creation of later generations’ Poetry about Character Painting in terms of themes and ideology.