论中国古代的居士绘画

On the Ancient Chinese Buddhist Painting

中国古代的居士绘画与所谓“正统”的宫廷绘画的殊路异途,在中国绘画史上具有特殊的意义。居士艺术思潮兴起于宋,兴盛于元明,延及清末。居士艺术家不仅画所见,而且画所想,画所知,力图表达“画外意”。究其精神诉求,大多数居士艺术家表达的也是一种思想意识形态层面上的隐退与政治回避。

The ancient Chinese Buddhist painting was different from the so -called 'orthodox' court painting in all ways, which had special meaning in the history of Chinese painting. The Buddhist trend of art thought started from Song dynasty, got prosperous in Yuan and Ming dynasties and lasted in the late Qing dynasty. The Buddhist artists not only painted what they saw, but also painted what they thought about and what they knew, tried best to express the 'idea beyond of painting'. From the view of their spirit they wanted, what the most Buddhist artists expressed was a kind of going and living in seclusion from the surface of ideological form and avoiding from politics.