Research On The Artistic Conception Construction And Application Of Contemporary Chinese Watermark Prints

Watermark printmaking has a long history.The contemporary Chinese watermark printmaking is based on the contemporary context and under the influence of traditional Chinese painting and philosophy.Contemporary watermark printmaking artists combine the advantages of traditional watermark printmaking and contemporary painting to create watermark printmaking works with contemporary meaning.Contemporary watermark printmaking weakens its replication for the purpose of communication,and its creation is more to express the artist’s own thinking and reflect the artistic conception of the work."Artistic conception" is a category of Chinese traditional aesthetics,a realm of mixed feelings and scenes,with hazy beauty,limited and infinite surpassing beauty,and natural beauty.The embodiment in the works is the soul of a painting.The artistic conception of a painting often needs the painter’s strong feelings and the perfect combination of the description object to express.The artistic conception of contemporary Chinese watermark printmaking exists in the whole picture.Painters realize the interaction between the painting and the audience by creating poetic artistic conception of the picture.This article takes the "artistic conception" as the starting point,links the traditional Chinese aesthetics with the contemporary watermark print,and launches from three chapters: The first chapter combs the development process of watermark print at each stage;The second chapter outlines the factors that affect the artistic conception of contemporary watermark printmaking and the creation of artistic conception in the picture;The third chapter elaborates the thinking and inspiration obtained by the author in the creative direction of contemporary Chinese watermark printmaking based on his own practical exploration.