《开国大典》:围绕新中国形象塑造的“媒介竞争”与视觉建构

The Founding of the Nation:Competition of Media and Visual Construction around Image Building of New China

本文引入"媒介竞争"的概念,试图将董希文的《开国大典》置于中国画、西洋画、摄影、影像等绘画内外的综合媒介环境下来看待其艺术特点,并把这一划时代历史经典之作与围绕开国大典以及新中国形象塑造所构成的整个视觉表达系统联系起来,探寻中国对内对外集中展示自身形象的核心要义。而通过这样的全视域的横向与纵向对比与脉络梳理,我们也得以窥探国家政治文化诉求的时代变迁。

This article introduced"competition of media"and attempted to analyze the artistic feature of Dong Xiwen’s The Founding of the Nation in a comprehensive media environment composing Chinese painting,Western Painting,photography and video,etc.It also explored associations between this classic and revolutionary painting and the entire visual expression system which was designed for the Founding Ceremony itself and the national image of New China.By this way,the article tried to find the core principles of constructing national image internally and externally.And through such comprehensive horizontal and vertically comparison,we can also observe the changes in political culture demand over time.