| Summary: | 碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 藝術研究所美術組碩士在職專班 === 95 === This research probes into the problem of how to experience nature with all the things in this universe as teachers and the secrets of learning from nature in order to rediscover the primordial motive in artistic creation. Although it is possible to fathom the way of the universe, things changes momentarily. It is worthy of further study in how the eternity in an instant is captured in the paintings of some major artists. Focusing on impressionism, the researcher would like to examine the changes of landscape painting in the West. With the humanistic thinking of nature in both the East and the West, the researcher would like to identify the spirit behind those paintings. Blending with the representation of reality in nature in these paintings, the intent is to demonstrate the endless life force found in those paintings. Concerning the form and content, major examples will be taken from the works of masters of impressionism, such as Cezanne, Monet, Gauguin, Renoir, etc, to interpret the relationship between humans and nature, nature and self in a profound manner in order to find out the origins of my artistic creation, which will be further developed in my future creation with endless possibilities.
This research employs the paintings accomplished by the researcher in the past two years as the subjects of study, which are analyzed in an integrated manner, with the assistance of philosophy of artistic creation, theoretical framework, form in creation, etc to locate the position and meanings of nature in artistic creation. Likewise, it is possible to retrace the authentic outlook of my paintings.
There are six chapters in this thesis:
Chapter 1 is the introduction, which delineates the motivation and purpose, method, process, scope, and limitation of this study of artistic creation.
Chapter 2 treats the basic theories in artistic creation with impressionism as the focus to discuss the history of landscape painting in the West, the expression of light and color, and the idea of impressionism, and the revelations disclosed by the impressionistic painters.
Chapter 3 discusses the cultivation of the ideas of creation, with the purpose of discussing the researcher’s spirit in artistic creation and the continuation of her thinking, which are examined in the following themes: the spirit in naturalism, imitation and representation, the expression of mindscape, and the idea of intuition.
Chapter 4 investigates the form and analyzes the content of paintings, which are supported by the discussions on space in Chinese painting, the theory of location, the theory of space in the West, the characteristics of lines, the analysis of color and light, etc.
Chapter 5 analyzes and interprets the researcher's works to locate her trajectory of development and the idea and process in artistic creations, and the relations between the works, to fathom the origins of her artistic creation. In addition, the implications of the form and content of her paintings will be further examined.
Chapter 6 is the conclusion, which attempts to summarize the discussion and sketch the future perspectives of the researcher.
|
|---|
