The Influence of Chinese Figure Painting on Modern Illustration
Sixian Wang
Illustration (School of Graduate Studies)
About this Item
- Title
- The Influence of Chinese Figure Painting on Modern Illustration
- Contributor Names
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Wang, Sixian (Author)
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Reitschel, Barbara (Thesis advisor)
- Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York. Illustration (Degree granting institution)
- Date
- 2023
- Degree Information
- M.A. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2023
- Department: Illustration
- Advisor: Barbara Reitschel
- Committee member: Brendan Leach
- Abstract
- Chinese figure painting is one of the major painting branches of traditional Chinese painting. It is based on the character image as the main part of the picture. Figure painting can be further divided into Taoist paintings, beautiful woman paintings, portrait paintings, genre paintings, Historical story paintings. The painting form of Chinese figure painting is to paint on silk or paper with a brush dipped in water, ink, or color. Tools and materials include brushes, ink, Chinese painting pigments, rice paper, silk. In terms of painting techniques, it can be divided into white-line painting, meticulous (Gong Bi) and heavy-color painting, and freehand painting. Chinese traditional painting appeared earlier than landscape painting and flower and bird painting. This paper will briefly introduce the history, development, and representative figure painters of Chinese figure painting to pave the way for the subsequent influence on contemporary painters.
- Nowadays, Chinese painters are influenced by early figure paintings. For example, the selection of painting materials, painting techniques, and modeling are all utilized orthodox meticulous( Gongbi) brushwork and rendering methods. Additional special texture techniques, adding more modern elements, and new painting techniques. The figure painting has developed a modern style of painting. such as Xue Zhou, Yao Liu, Hanlei Luo.
- This paper explores the origin, evolution, painting materials, painting techniques of the Chinese figure painting, as well as its influence on modern Chinese illustration.
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- FIT Repository ID: etd_000995
- Language
- English
Citation
Wang, S. (2023). The Influence of Chinese Figure Painting on Modern Illustration [Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York]. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/179277
Wang, Sixian. The Influence of Chinese Figure Painting on Modern Illustration. 2023. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, Master's thesis. FIT Digital Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/179277
Wang, Sixian. "The Influence of Chinese Figure Painting on Modern Illustration." Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, 2023. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/179277