Spiritual Freedom in Chinese painting─a Study for Pi-Yin Chang’s painting,The Image and Metaphor of Egret

• Main Authors: Pi-Yin Chang, 張碧寅
• Other Authors: Professor Tzai-Shing Lan
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/46847789724211203689

碩士 === 國立嘉義大學 === 視覺藝術研究所 === 92 === Abstract Spiritual Freedom in Chinese painting ----- a Study for Pi-Yin Chang’s painting, The Image and Metaphor of Egret Due to the influence of modern technology, the degree of materialism is way beyond tender loving care. Many people have already forgot how to interact and communicate with each other; how to share the joy of life, let alone placing the value to mother nature. The natural resource nowadays has been overly developed and used. It not only directly and apparently jeopardizes our living right but also breaks the balance of ecosystem. The destruction of natural landscape also greatly affects our next generation’s existence and development. The series of “ egrets” are used as the subject matter here to show concern to the natural living creatures. By expressing the hankering to nature beauty with the illustration of Chinese painting but not by the scientific standpoint. Only by means of the combination of the Chinese originated culture and the natural artistry, in order to wake up that people can re-value natural resource and realize the importance of humanity. The core of the personal creation is based on the essence of Chinese artistic spirit─“ aeriality v.s. reality’’ and “ tangibility v.s. intangibility”, on the notion of time and space, and realizing by means of introspection and works of art. The content of Spiritual Freedom in Chinese Painting covers: 1. Exterior Nature: Means nature appearances, including the nature itself, the probe of life and back to the nature. 2. Time and Space of Life: Includes the cycle of ecosystem, Eastern-Western universe mold, and the time and space concept regarding its circulation and combination. 3. Interior Life: Includes the state of self-introspect coexistence, the quotes and elaboration of “ 中’’ ‘和’’ aesthetics point of view concerning personal-creation and the illumination of the works of art,…etc. This thesis is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1. The intruduction, illustrating personal research motif and objective, the process of research, structure, approach, explanation of noun phrase, range and limit. Chapter 2. The body of argument, discussing the cycle of ecosystem by means of the universe mold combined with exterior nature. The Eastern-Western notion concerning the combination of time and space, in order to probe the time and space that we coexist. Discussing interior lives with Chinese aesthetics and self coexist observation. Chapter 3. The idea of the artworks, the concern toward nature and coexistence resulted from egrets’ ecosystem, by means of human beings’ realization to this mother nature, the situation reflects self-introspection and a sense of freedom. With the skill of dyeing, wax-dyeing, hand-sketching,…etc., to probe the interior life between aeriality and reality. Chapter 4. The interpretation of this series of artworks. In terms of the form and content of this work, interpreting this work by the procedure of theoretical fundamentality, personal working ideal, working technique, ...etc. Chapter 5. Conclusion. Describing the feedback of conducting the research, self working introspection, the direction for future working project, in the hope that devoting in this artistic field continuously with a pure and persevering state of mind. Keywords: Freedom、Chinese painting、Image、Metaphor、Egret.