论唐代水墨之变

On Change of Wash and Ink in Tang Paintings

色彩是绘画中流动的生命,也是中国传统绘画重要的绘画语言之一。中国古代绘画,多五彩兼施,在六朝时代极为发达,且绚丽之极。中晚唐以后,水墨渐渐取代色彩而占据主导地位。这里有多方面的原因,既有哲学的、绘画观念的,也有社会的原因。

As one of the important languages of Chinese traditional paintings, colors are the flowing lives of paintings which were rich and varied and became splendid in the Six Dynasties of China. Since the middle and late Tang Dynasty, Chinese ink and wash gradually replaced colors and became dominant in the history of Chi- nese paintings for philosophical, social reasons as well as change of painting concepts.