| The modern Chinese ink figure painting in book illustrations is a new,unique and composite style of illustration that combines national artistic styles with modern cultural characteristics.Its development and expression represent the modern evolution and achievements of ink figure painting,book illustration creation and printing production technology,proving the possibility of modernization,practicality and popularization of Chinese painting language.Each set of illustration works by every artist is based on the representation of textual content and a visual response to real-life situations,changes in the times and social needs.Most representative works enjoy a high degree of circulation,popularity,artistic value,and artistic status in the history of Chinese illustration and Chinese painting.This article takes the birth and development of this painting genre,artistic value,and specific classification of representative works as the starting point for a systematic study of modern Chinese ink figure painting in book illustrations.Chapter one provides a comprehensive historical study of modern Chinese ink figure painting in book illustrations.Through the definition of the concept,it explores,summarizes and organizes how it was born and developed,and how it evolved with different historical characteristics and influences in the long history of Chinese book illustrations.Chapter two provides an overall analysis and discussion of the artistic characteristics and artistic contributions and values of modern Chinese ink figure painting in book illustrations,proving its unique artistic value.Chapter three selects and classifies its works based on the depiction of "modern" or "ancient costume" figures,and conducts in-depth studies of specific representative works in each category according to their overall characteristics. |