January 6 news (reporter Yang Jing Lin Fuyu) Chinese painting is an ideographic art, with its own unique laws and cultural characteristics, full of cultural aesthetic interest. Recently, artist, educator and art critic, Li Caijiao's new book "The Cultural Spirit of "Intention" in Freehand Flower and Bird Painting" was officially published. As an artist, educator and art critic, Li Caijiao has always liked to use paintings, words and narration to interpret the soul and express feelings.
Li Caijiao's latest monograph "The Cultural Spirit of "Intention" in Freehand Flower and Bird Painting" (Courtesy of the interviewee issued by the Central Broadcasting Network)
In recent years, as a professor and doctoral supervisor of the Shanghai Film Academy of Shanghai University, Li Caijiao has made rapid progress without distraction, putting fame and fortune aside, and at the same time completing the teaching tasks with excellence, he has made many excellent achievements and won many awards; public welfare and charity have been continuously praised. At the same time, she used fragmented time to write "The Cultural Spirit of "Intention" in Freehand Flower and Bird Paintings".
In the book, based on the ancient and modern Chinese and foreign art professional theories, combined with her own experience, interspersed with the embodiment of "intention" in traditional freehand flower and bird paintings, the knowledge points are listed one by one, and they are connected in a series of serious or humorous languages, making the monograph extremely readable. The use of the "Book of Poetry", "I Ching", "Tao Te Ching" clear explanation, so that the study of Chinese culture to connect with the atmosphere; art, painting theory, art history example analysis, in-depth and simple, so that the professional convergence of popularity. In the book, she also carefully selected 100 representative works of painters from all walks of life as demonstration cases, and new ideas, new concepts, and new achievements appeared from time to time with the deepening of reading.
Due to differences in endowment personality, knowledge experience, living environment, social experience, aesthetic preferences, etc., different creative subjects must have different understandings of the cultural spirit of "intention". In the book, the author selects different classes such as literati, painters, and painters for specific analysis, with clear direction, aiming to clarify the pluralism and multiplicity of the cultural spirit of "intention".
"Linfeng Xieming" Li Caijiao 2019 (Photo provided by the interviewee issued by the Central Broadcasting Network)
Undoubtedly, "The Cultural Spirit of "Intention" in Freehand Flower and Bird Painting" is an important node in Li Caijiao's creative career, and the monograph "Freehand" throughout the monograph is actually the majestic creation of traditional Chinese painting in words, so that the deep meaning of traditional freehand flower and bird painting can be released. At the same time, it also shows from the side that Eastern aesthetics can find Western interpretations, and there is no conflict between the East and the West in the cognition of beauty. The monograph uses a large number of illustrations to support the argument and explain the problem, so that the reader is full of interest and cannot release the volume.