Envisioned as a practice-based research, this paper explored Chinese traditional folk arts and crafts with a focus on traditional decorative patterns, vivid colors, and symbolic motifs that enliven Foshan style paper-...Envisioned as a practice-based research, this paper explored Chinese traditional folk arts and crafts with a focus on traditional decorative patterns, vivid colors, and symbolic motifs that enliven Foshan style paper-cuttings, New Year wood block prints, paper kites, festival lanterns, and Shiwan pottery figures from the areas of Foshan and Shiwan, near Guangzhou, China. The goal of this research was to create a series of original paintings by investigating Chinese traditional folk arts and handcrafts and integrating them physically or ichnographically on Ho＇s new body of paintings. Chinese traditional motifs including Chinese characters and Buddhist iconographies had already been important motifs in the contemporary Western paintings of Kong Ho for the past 10 years. This paper examined not only the artistic, cultural, and historical values but also the impacts of Chinese traditional folk arts and era~ on Ho＇s painting through a personal research travel and studies of a certain amount of Chinese paper-cuttings, folk prints, pottery, and handcrafts found in the famous Foshan Folk Art Studio and Foshan City Shiwan Ceramics Factory in Foshan, China. Furthermore, this paper investigated the symbolic meanings founded in Ho＇s spiritual paintings with strong Chinese heritage and how he reinterpreted those artifacts in a contemporary context.展开更多
Since the beginning of human civilization, the existence of a variety of production and life, etiquette and other social customs are obvious. The invention of photography is natural firstly used to the performance of ...Since the beginning of human civilization, the existence of a variety of production and life, etiquette and other social customs are obvious. The invention of photography is natural firstly used to the performance of various phenomena of human existence. Not until 1993 did Folk photography was formally proposed and was quickly accepted by the public. Folk photographer should have a certain amount of theoretical knowledge of folklore, ethnology, anthropology, and folklore should familiar with the laws of photography. Folk photographer should not only be able to skillfully use a variety of photographic techniques to create photographer, but also have the ability of folklore studies, which means a certain level of theory and master certain research methods. Folk photography creative process is a cultural experience and explores the process of discovery. Folk photography is methods and means to record, release and heritage attending profound traditional Chinese culture. Folk photography through a unique form of expression, with its visual image, embodies the academic value of folk history, the development of human history, cultural heritage and makes a positive contribution to the spread. In the 21st century, China＇ s social stable, economic development rapidly, which provide a good folk photography authoring environment. Folk photography range will also change with the development of folk and continuously expanding, concerns and reflections about the new folk themes have yet to be excavated, to meet the needs of social development.展开更多
China traditional culture, our culture, the root of all the children of the Yellow Emperor. Ancient poetry, the essence of traditional Chinese culture, but also the world’s cultural and artistic treasure house of a b...China traditional culture, our culture, the root of all the children of the Yellow Emperor. Ancient poetry, the essence of traditional Chinese culture, but also the world’s cultural and artistic treasure house of a bright pearl. Chinese culture has a long history, broad and profound, poetry is always the highbrow type of aesthetic elegant, attracted many devout followers, especially those in the thoughts and feelings, wisdom and creativity in a famous through the ages, although after thousands of years of vicissitudes of life still shine, while dancing alone in the modern civilization and tired of noisy. Never forgotten.展开更多
the 21st century is the century of a diversified. Carrying forward and fostering national spirit, it must in the world all kinds of ideology and culture of mutual reaction, fully develop the spirit of Chinese traditio...the 21st century is the century of a diversified. Carrying forward and fostering national spirit, it must in the world all kinds of ideology and culture of mutual reaction, fully develop the spirit of Chinese traditional culture complement each other, promoting each other. Path selection of implementations of cultural tolerance is explored, in order to promote the multicultural communication, blending, win influence, let the world know more about Chinese culture, will realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.展开更多
文摘Envisioned as a practice-based research, this paper explored Chinese traditional folk arts and crafts with a focus on traditional decorative patterns, vivid colors, and symbolic motifs that enliven Foshan style paper-cuttings, New Year wood block prints, paper kites, festival lanterns, and Shiwan pottery figures from the areas of Foshan and Shiwan, near Guangzhou, China. The goal of this research was to create a series of original paintings by investigating Chinese traditional folk arts and handcrafts and integrating them physically or ichnographically on Ho＇s new body of paintings. Chinese traditional motifs including Chinese characters and Buddhist iconographies had already been important motifs in the contemporary Western paintings of Kong Ho for the past 10 years. This paper examined not only the artistic, cultural, and historical values but also the impacts of Chinese traditional folk arts and era~ on Ho＇s painting through a personal research travel and studies of a certain amount of Chinese paper-cuttings, folk prints, pottery, and handcrafts found in the famous Foshan Folk Art Studio and Foshan City Shiwan Ceramics Factory in Foshan, China. Furthermore, this paper investigated the symbolic meanings founded in Ho＇s spiritual paintings with strong Chinese heritage and how he reinterpreted those artifacts in a contemporary context.
文摘Since the beginning of human civilization, the existence of a variety of production and life, etiquette and other social customs are obvious. The invention of photography is natural firstly used to the performance of various phenomena of human existence. Not until 1993 did Folk photography was formally proposed and was quickly accepted by the public. Folk photographer should have a certain amount of theoretical knowledge of folklore, ethnology, anthropology, and folklore should familiar with the laws of photography. Folk photographer should not only be able to skillfully use a variety of photographic techniques to create photographer, but also have the ability of folklore studies, which means a certain level of theory and master certain research methods. Folk photography creative process is a cultural experience and explores the process of discovery. Folk photography is methods and means to record, release and heritage attending profound traditional Chinese culture. Folk photography through a unique form of expression, with its visual image, embodies the academic value of folk history, the development of human history, cultural heritage and makes a positive contribution to the spread. In the 21st century, China＇ s social stable, economic development rapidly, which provide a good folk photography authoring environment. Folk photography range will also change with the development of folk and continuously expanding, concerns and reflections about the new folk themes have yet to be excavated, to meet the needs of social development.
文摘China traditional culture, our culture, the root of all the children of the Yellow Emperor. Ancient poetry, the essence of traditional Chinese culture, but also the world’s cultural and artistic treasure house of a bright pearl. Chinese culture has a long history, broad and profound, poetry is always the highbrow type of aesthetic elegant, attracted many devout followers, especially those in the thoughts and feelings, wisdom and creativity in a famous through the ages, although after thousands of years of vicissitudes of life still shine, while dancing alone in the modern civilization and tired of noisy. Never forgotten.
文摘the 21st century is the century of a diversified. Carrying forward and fostering national spirit, it must in the world all kinds of ideology and culture of mutual reaction, fully develop the spirit of Chinese traditional culture complement each other, promoting each other. Path selection of implementations of cultural tolerance is explored, in order to promote the multicultural communication, blending, win influence, let the world know more about Chinese culture, will realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
