清代嘉兴竹刻艺术的嬗变

Vicissitude of the Art of Bamboo Carving in the Qing Dynasty

嘉兴竹刻艺术从清代中后期开始兴起,与上海嘉定竹刻和江苏金陵竹刻有着密切关系。嘉兴竹刻艺术的兴衰归因于嘉兴独特的地理位置,并受清代政治经济发展的影响而嬗变;其最主要的缘由与当时的文化艺术思潮密切相关,尤其是书画篆刻艺术。乾嘉时期以丁敬为开派人物的“浙派”篆刻艺术对嘉兴竹刻艺术的创作技法和艺术审美表现产生了根本性的影响;晚清时期“海上画派”的出现又为嘉兴竹刻艺术审美观念注入了新的元素。

The art of bamboo carving in Jiaxing began to rise in the middle and late stage of the Qing dynasty and was closely related to the bamboo carvings of Jiading area in Shanghai and of Jinling style in Jiangsu. The vicissitude of the art of Jiaxing bamboo carving could be attributed to its special geographical location. It also rose and declined under the influence of the development and changes of the politics and economy in the Qing dynasty. But the main reason was closely related to the trends in arts and culture, especially the art of painting, calligraphy and engraving. During the Qianlong and the Jiaqing periods, the engraving art of Zhejiang School which was initiated by Ding Jing exerted a fundamental influence on the creation techniques and aesthetic expressions of Jiaxing bamboo carving while in the late Qing dynasty, the emergence of Shanghai School injected new elements into the its aesthetics.