When you first look at Chinese painting, don't appreciate the simple picture, but also see if the following items are exquisite.
Painter:
A painter's work can show the author's achievements. The image of the picture is the painter's concreteness. We often criticize the quality of paintings subjectively, which is greatly influenced by painters.
Calligraphy:
One of the differences between Chinese painting and western painting is calligraphy. The picture of Chinese painting is often accompanied by poetry, which is the soul of painting. Sometimes a poem, like the finishing touch, adds a lot of color to the painting. The calligraphy in the painting also greatly influenced the picture. Most painters who are not proficient in calligraphy dare not sign, although they only have signatures, but they can also see their quality.
Seal:
There are various common seals on the screen: painter's seal, signer's private seal, tin foil seal, collector's seal, admirer's seal, appraiser's seal and so on. The engraver, printing content and seal position of various seals. Are evaluated. Ancient paintings, in particular, often have the seals of emperors, famous artists, collectors and connoisseurs, which can help identify the authenticity.
Framework:
The mounting of traditional Chinese painting is unique, and there are two common types: paper and silk. Nowadays, washing and silk mounting are more exquisite. The color, width, weight, connection and installation of the edge are very particular. The modern Japanese mounter has a unique flavor, which has an influence on the modern mounter method. Good mounting can set off a painting more beautifully, expensively and generously.
Frame decoration:
If the painting is hidden under the glass frame through the press mirror, the material, color and size of the frame edge have a great influence on the aesthetic feeling of the painting. In recent years, painters in North America have mostly replaced Chinese mounting with western-style framing, which is also considerable.
Connotation:
China people's appreciation of calligraphy and painting is not only superficial, but also the relationship between the work and the author.
Skills:
The longer he is engaged in painting and calligraphy, the more skill he shows, which beginners can't master. Especially in calligraphy, the veteran is vigorous and powerful. In Chinese painting, its lines, design and artistic conception also show the author's skills. Therefore, artists with rich life experience often have different performances from young painters, and this performance is skill.
Layout:
Layout seems to be the design of the picture, but it is actually the heaven and earth in the author's mind, which is manifested in the picture layout. There are many differences between Chinese painting and western painting, the most obvious of which is "blank space". Traditional Chinese painting does not add background color, so there is a lot of blank space, but it is sparse, dense, gathering and scattered, which becomes the layout of blank space. In the blank space, someone filled the blank space with calligraphy, poems, seals, etc. , but also empty it, so that you can see the author's special place from the layout.
Learning:
See the figure for strength and layout. As for the author's education, it has a great influence on his works. Therefore, China is known as "literati painting". Famous literati, whose works are different, are a kind of "bookish" learning, which is one of the conditions that distinguish a painter from a painter.
Characters:
Western painters often take pleasure in romance and playing games with others. And the appreciator only looks at his paintings, ignoring the painter's personal virtue. People in China are different. An immoral, notorious and guilty painter or calligrapher, even if his calligraphy is superb, is not sought after. The works of treacherous court officials such as Cao Cao and Qin Gui are hanging high, and Yue Fei's Return My Rivers and Mountains and Sun Yat-sen's The World Is Public have all become household names for this reason.
Poetry:
Poetry in calligraphy and painting often represents the voice of the master. A good poem can also reflect the author's connotation and knowledge. A good sentence also made the finishing touch of the title. The most rare thing is that the author can write poems for his own pictures without copying other people's old works, which is even more unique. As for calligraphy, copying an ancient poem, others only look at its words, because the content is not the author's voice, but the ancient prose copying, lacking the author's soul.
Seal:
Whether writing or painting, there are often "corner pressing" chapters. The so-called corner pressing is the blank corner of the picture or calligraphy. Printed words sometimes have a great influence on calligraphy and painting. The writer's mentality or the environment at that time can also be seen from the printed words. A good seal, combined with a good carving method, covers the calligraphy and painting and adds luster to the work.