Facing a piece of Chinese painting, how to judge it, or how to enjoy the charm of it? For those foreigners, this task can be more difficult. Pay attention to the ten aspects below and you will gain the essence of a piece of Chinese painting quickly.
Facing a piece of Chinese painting, how to judge it, or how to enjoy the charm of it? For those foreigners, this task can be more difficult. Pay attention to the ten aspects below and you will gain the essence of a piece of Chinese painting quickly.
Outward appearance
For the first time that you are appreciating the Chinese paintings, it is not so easy just to enjoy the pictures, but also see whether they are exquisite.
The painting
People may see the painter's achievement by his works and the image reflected by the painting. Usually, people make subjective judgment on the painting, which is greatly effected by the painting.
Calligraphy
On the Chinese paintings, there are always some poems, which are the spirits of the painting, and poems are like the fishing touch, making it vivid as well. The calligraphy on the painting has also a great affect on the painting. From the poems people can see the skill levels of the painters to some degree. The poems in the calligraphy and inscriptions are usually the painter's thinking, and a good poem may reflect the artist's inner beauty and wisdom with the function as the finishing touch at the same time.
Seal
There are many aspects for use on the paintings: the painter's stamp, the inscriber's personal seal, the seal cutting, appreciation chop and the identification seal etc, and the seal's sculpture craft, sculpturing contents as well as the stamping location can all be judged for their evaluation, of which, stamps on the ancient paintings have the seals of the emperor, the masters, painting collectors and the connoisseurs for distinguishing fact from fable.
Mounting
The Chinese paintings have their unique mountings, and the two major ones are the paper mounting and aya mounting, of which, the paper mounting is thicker and the aya mounting is finer.
Inner beauty
The Chinese people appreciate the calligraphy and painting not only on its surface, they pay more attention on the interrelationship of the work-related and the author-related staff.
Skills
The beginner of calligraphy and painting will never master the skills of the experience after many years. For a calligraphy learner without rich life experience won't be able to write powerful stroke and vivid impression, it is the same with Chinese painting.
Layout
The layout might be judged as the painting design, but actually it is also the author's ideals of the world, which can be seem from their works. It is total different from west paintings. The traditional Chinese painting never have the background color with margins instead, they are scattered, dense, assembling and loose for its layout.
Wisdom
People may know the painter's skills and layout from the works, and actually his or hers wisdom also has great impression on the work.
Character
The western painters often enjoy freedom and romance, they treat the world as a game and the people who appreciate their works will never pay attention to their personal moral but only their works, which is different form China-the Chinese people will never appreciate the painter’s work if the painter has disorderly conduct, dishonesty, notorious and an evil