The Tang Dynasty poet Li Dong wrote a poem called "Mountain Residence Happy Friends Visit". From the title, you can guess the content of the whole poem, and the Qing Dynasty painter Wang Yi painted this "Tang Poetry" based on this poem. Poetic intent, depicting the picture according to the language of the poem, helps everyone understand the painter's intention. In this way, the distance between painting and the public is shortened. Anyone with a little literary attainment can appreciate the paintings.
The emergence of poetic intent helps people understand painting works, and also inspires people to understand the painter's brush and ink techniques, composition layout, and aesthetic tastes after understanding. From the familiar entry point, guide people to pay attention to art.
Wang Yi Tang poetry
Wang Yi copied the entire poem on the side of the picture, and one of the sentences was "The sun is at dusk between the wood and the stone." There is a detail in the painting that perfectly matches this poem, there is a water pavilion at the bottom of the pale inky mountain, and there are two coats sitting opposite each other in the attic. The traditional technique of painting mountains is mainly based on rubbing, showing the structure of mountain stones through changes in brush edges. In order to paint the hazy feeling of the sunset, Wang Yi adopted the appropriate technique to make the whole painting poetic.
If it is only an illustration of ancient poems, it is not a fine product, wang Yi strives to show a relaxed mood. To this end, he uses a variety of techniques to emphasize the meaning and interest. By copying the works of his predecessors, Wang Yi summed up the characteristics of ancient landscape painting at different stages. The Tang people are heavy and charming, the Song people are good at hill and valley management, and the Yuan people are unparalleled in the world. He found a way to express the meaning and interest, that is, to integrate the essence of the techniques of his predecessors.
Wang Yi Tang poetry partial
He put forward the aesthetic of "landscape and water Qinghui", and the beauty presented in the following picture can explain his views. The integration of poetry and painting and the collection of ancient times make Wang Yi attach great importance to integration in his creation. Dong Qichang's theory of the north and south of the painting world was merged into one by Wang Yi. The center forward and light ink create a beautiful sense of natural beauty, allowing him to walk a new path in tradition.
Beauty comes from observing life, and Wang Yi realized that the deep and pure beauty can make the work climb to the realm of elegance. So he looked for purity in Tang poetry, hoping to borrow the charm of poetry to enhance the interest of painting. Although he came from an ordinary background, he was surrounded by a group of literati, and in the cultural atmosphere, he experienced what is elegant and what is clean.
When Wang Yi painted "Tang Poetry", he found three key points: remoteness, tranquility, and simplicity. The distance can be reflected by composition, the tranquility can be expressed by technique, and the simplicity can be presented with the help of style. If you see this painting and feel that the standard is high, it means that Wang Yi has successfully completed the creative task.
The painting of floating clouds and flowing water in the painting is very interesting, and the cloud pattern and water pattern are outlined by line drawing. The same technique, showing different textures, let people see his rich creative experience. Many people think that Wang Yi's painting style is dull and routine, in the final analysis, it is still because of his solid technique, people can not fault it, can only say that he is conservative.
As can be seen from "Tang Poetry", Wang Yi began to get rid of the traces of copying and tried to draw his own style. The fusion of the north and south sects of the painting world is his style. Even if there is a classic in the pen, it is different from the pen and ink of the predecessors.