Qi Baishi has a deep attainment in Jinshi calligraphy and painting, but he said: "My poetry is higher than calligraphy and painting carving", which fully shows his chinese studies foundation and self-confidence. Another is the guoxue master Qi Gong, who said that he was "not as good as painting, and painting is not as good as cultural relics identification." Why are all of these people like this? The author believes that art needs culture to support, and when it reaches a certain height, it needs culture to extend, convey thoughts, emotions, home and country feelings, etc. through poetry art and technical art, coupled with the cultivation of character, which can better reflect the spiritual wealth of an artist.
Since ancient times, calligraphy and poetry have been most inseparable. Poetry can be more freely expressed in calligraphy, or unrestrained, or ethereal, or simple, giving full play to the beauty of technical art and literary art, which will make his calligraphy works worshiped by future generations. Because this is not simple calligraphy, but through its own literary art in the technical art of display, the two combined, complement each other.
Su Shi's "Cold Food Post"
Su Shi's masterpiece "Huangzhou Cold Food Poems" is two poems written by Su Shi in the fifth year of Yuanfeng (1082) when he was degraded in Huangzhou because of the Wutai poetry case. The verses are deep and desolate but not lost, and the pen and ink color of the calligraphy also change with the change of the context of the verse, with ups and downs, extraordinary momentum and one breath, reaching the almost perfect realm of "heart and hand":
One
Since I came to Huangzhou, I have passed three cold foods.
Every year wants to cherish the spring, and the spring is not to be regretted.
This year is raining again, and autumn is sluggish in February.
Smell the begonia flowers, muddy swallows and snow.
Stealing in the dark, the night is really powerful.
He Shu was a sick teenager, and his illness began to be white.
Second
The Spring River wants to enter the house, and the rain is coming.
The hut is like a fishing boat, in the clouds.
Cook cold vegetables in the empty room, and burn wet reeds on a broken stove.
It is known that it is cold food, but see the black paper.
The king's gate is nine times deep, and the tomb is in the thousands of miles.
I also want to cry poorly, and I can't afford to blow ashes.
Putting these two poems in more than 3,000 poems of Su Shi is not a superior work. And when the author switched to another art form, calligraphy, to express it, the sad mood brewed by the colorful and rich calligraphic imagery made "Huangzhou Cold Food Poem" a masterpiece throughout the ages. Examples like this include Wang Xizhi's "Preface to the Orchid Pavilion", Huang Tingjian's poetry book, and so on.
Tang Yin's poetry calligraphy and painting are good, the three blend, painting, he inscribed poems into the painting, poetry and painting trinity, constitutes a more perfect layout, more abundant content of the beautiful picture scroll, after the inscription poem into the painting, the theme of the painting can be sublimated, the meaning can be expanded, its painting is particularly poetic, enhance the charm of the painting, so that the viewer appreciates the painting, taste poetry, and read the book at the same time, greatly enhancing the ornamentation of the picture; When painting inscription poems, he also dissolved the painting techniques into poetry, used the color, line and layout of painting for the creation of inscription paintings, constructed a colorful painting in poetry, he constructed a painting environment in the inscription poem, and broke into the picture to embellish the scenery, showing the spirit of "I am in the realm of me", showing his personality, achieving his unique artistic pursuit, so that the viewer can appreciate the painting, taste poetry, and view the book at the same time, which greatly enhances the ornamentation of the picture.
Qi Baishi "Innocent Family Style"
Let's also talk about Qi Baishi in Huxiang. Many of his paintings have inscriptions, which seem to express the inadequacies in the picture or express emotions more vividly through poetry. For example, the inscription poem of "Tumbler": "Can provide children to play this weng obedient, down Hugh to help up quickly." The head is black with eyebrows and hats, although there is no liver and gallbladder and official rank! The white hat of the black veil looks like an official, and does not pour the original mud half a clump. Will Ru suddenly come to break, where is the heart and liver? As the title "Wisteria": "Half an acre of barren garden has not been cultivated for a long time, only because the sky is cloudy and sunny." Bystanders are good at mountain homes, and the corners of the house are incense-haired wisteria. As the title "Cabbage": "Zhu Menliang's meat is on my side, how can I reach out in my mouth?" Who made my old people good, and the skin turned bluish blue! ”
Through these, we can see the charm of poetry, and we can also see the combination of poetry and calligraphy and painting, complementing each other. Through the text to enhance the sense of picture and voice outside the picture, through the painting with poetry to express emotions, it has played the effect of combining pictures and texts and sound and emotion, and also expressed the author's thoughts and opinions, which has played a double artistic effect.
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