The Research Of Zhu Zhanji’s Animal Paintings

During the reign of Zhu Zhanji,Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty,the palace painting reached its peak.Among them,the Palace flower-and-bird painting was the most remarkable achievement,which not only formed various styles,but also had great influence on later generations.Xuanzong was also a king painter with high artistic attainments.In painting,he blended the past with the present in the way he practiced,realized his creative ideals and advocated his political views in the rich and splendid artistic activities,it opened up various art forms for the flourishing society in the early Ming Dynasty.There are a large number of xuanzong paintings in circulation.Most of these surviving paintings deal with animal subjects.The variety of animal species is rare in previous generations.Among them,animal paintings have diverse styles and flexible techniques,it set a standard for the development of animal painting,and by combining the inheritance of predecessors with the Times to develop itself,play a role in promoting and demonstrating the development of the ideological trend of the Ming Dynasty.This article focuses on the analysis of Zhu Zhanji’s animal works.Zhu Zhanji from the concept of the formation of painting and animal painting style,animal painting,animal modeling aesthetic characteristics of the analysis,dissemination and impact of research.Among them,the focus of study is Zhu Zhanji’s animal painting by the use of painting techniques and aesthetic characteristics of modeling.Because the selection of animals in Zhu Zhanji’s animal paintings is related to the artist’s time,living environment,education and other factors,and the technique of expression of the subject matter is based on the artist’s creative intention and conception,the abstract and adjustment of the objective images,which are based on tradition and focus on reality,are the full expression of the painter’s aesthetic ideal and artistic pursuit.The social influence of his works not only benefits the development of the art of his time,but also has a positive reference to the development of contemporary art.