Research Article
On the Presentation of Artistic Conception (意境) in the Imagery of Ancient Chinese Ink Painting
河北美術學院
Published: January 2022 · No. 314 · pp. 135-156
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Abstract
As an integral part of the Chinese tradition, ancient Chinese ink culture has its own independent framework. The ink painting has its ideological foundation upon this ink culture, and its way of thinking echoes with the typical Eastern holistic world view, presenting unique artistic conception and affection with ink image, which bears ancient Chinese people’s comprehension and reflection of the order of nature, the truth of life and the charm of culture. The view of drawing form for ancient ink painting is based on the visual experience of “traveling sight”, “mindful acknowledging” and location management to portray the shape and spirit of nature and manifest the holistic cosmology of the unity of man and nature in its artistic conception.
