董其昌绘画艺术赏析

Analysis of Dong Qicang's painting art

明代文人画大师董其昌以禅入画,以画喻禅,画与禅在他的画里没有了界限,已完全融为一体。文章以禅学的眼光审视董其昌的绘画美学,并从思想的妙悟性、现实的超越性、表现的简洁性、精神的写意性、境界的空灵性、意趣的平淡性、形式的抽象性、绘画的圆融性等8个方面探求禅宗美学对董其昌山水画所产生的深层影响,进而探讨了禅学与画理之间的联系。

Dong Qicang, a famous scholar painter of Ming dynasty, mingled the spirit of Zen Buddhism with painting artistically, making the painting a natural artistic product. His painting art is probed in the view of Zen Buddhism. The profound influence of Zen aesthetics on his ink landscape painting is revealed in terms of ideological enlightenment, surpassingness of reality, brevity in depiction, spiritual subtlety, free realm, plain emotional interests, abstract form and flexible moderation of painting. The relation between Zen Buddhism and painting principle is discussed.