绘画范式及其转变

Paradigms in Painting and Their Transformation

中国画中的范式有两层含义:第一层含义属于社会学范畴,意指规矩;第二层含义属于艺术风格学范畴,意指典范。绘画范式必定有一定的特质,如标准性、一致性、可信性、共享性和不可翻译性。倘若缺失其一,绘画范式将处于一种非常状态,甚至会引起绘画范式的转变。绘画范式就像一部词典,其转变乃新旧绘画词典之间的转变,同时也是绘画共同体成员世界观的转变,并且呈渐变特征。绘画范式的转变不仅带来了中国画的发展,而且还带来了绘画知识呈倍数乃至指数级增长。

Paradigms in Chinese painting contain two-fold implications. One refers to rules under the category of sociology and the other exemplars under the category of artistic styles. A paradigm in painting must possess certain traits,such as standards,consensus,reliability,commonality and intranslatability. Without any one of them,a paradigm is under an abnormal state,susceptible to transformation. A paradigm in painting is like a dictionary,whose transformation not only resembles that between old and new painting dictionaries,but also reflects the transformation of world outlook among shared painting circles. Besides,the transformation does not take place abruptly,but gradually. Owing to the transformation of paradigms in painting,Chinese painting develops and painting knowledge multiplies or even increases exponentially.