Gentle and Elegant Taste in Art—Chinese Life, Wisdom and Art
- show time：2019-01-29 to 2019-03-03
- Organizer：Organizers: Beijing Fine Art Academy
- venue：Beijing Fine Art Academy
The traditional culture of China is extensive and profound with a long history. Something that has continued to today is the “ Culture of Spring Festival”. Even Qi Baishi, a great master of a generation, usually drew a “Themed Painting for the Start of Chinese New Year” on the occasion of the Spring Festival to farewell to old and welcome the new, and celebrate the peace of the New Year. As the New Year of Jihai is approaching, the Art Museum of Beijing Fine Art Academy grandly presents the exhibition “Gentle and Elegant Taste in Art—Chinese Life, Wisdom and Art”. The exhibition selects more than 110 classic works of calligraphy and painting from the fine collections of the Academy. Through the two perspectives of “elegant style” and “folklore”, the art of painting tells the gentle and elegant leisure that literati and scholars yearn for, as well as the flavor and interest in the lives of folk people.
The exhibition does not only introduce the graceful things that Chinese literati are keen on, such as reading, playing Qin, viewing paintings, and elegant collections; the four gentlemen in the flowers—plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum, which are used to express their aspirations; and the natural philosophy which embodies their feelings for landscape. At the same time, it also introduces the traditional customs of Chinese people in the city, such as the importance of loyalty, filial piety, religious beliefs, prayers for auspiciousness and longevity, expectations for children and grandchildren, as well as Chinese cultural characteristics of opera, song and dance, and Chinese zodiac calendar. Visitors can watch “Changchun Sacrificial Rites” and appreciate the elegant gathering of Beijing painting circles in the late Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China; or they can enjoy paintings themed on plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum by Wu Changshuo, Chen Shizeng, and Qi Baishi. They can either appreciate ink and wash works by literati, or they can read and explain the characters and think about the unique religious culture of China; they can also appreciate the “Peach of Longevity” and “The Hundred Sons”, and ponder over how painters imply auspiciousness and ingenuity.
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