This study is concerned with the literary and aesthetic influences that led to Charles Sheeler＇s formation of a paragone in his early 20th century work. This painter, photographer, printmaker, and experimental filmma...This study is concerned with the literary and aesthetic influences that led to Charles Sheeler＇s formation of a paragone in his early 20th century work. This painter, photographer, printmaker, and experimental filmmaker had very specific ideas concerning the hierarchy of the visual arts. While he is known for embracing a wide range of media and materials, by 1919 his aesthetic thought reveals a desire to elevate the painting over all other media. This formation of a visual paragone was initially influenced by his involvement in the interdisciplinary circles which surrounded both Alfred Stieglitz and Walter and Louise Arensberg in New York City. In particular, his lifelong friendship with the poet and writer William Carlos Williams would shape his aesthetic thought leading to his elevation of painting over all other media. Sheeler＇s paragone would begin to form during his stays at the rural Doylestown House in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. This rural home, which he first rented with fellow painter Morton Schamberg in 1916, would become an artistic refuge for both artists. While commercial photography was beginning to take up more if his time in Philadelphia, it was the retreats to the Doylestown house that enabled Sheeler to continue experiments in painting and begin to think of the photograph as something other than a document of architectural work. At this early stage in his artistic career, Sheeler was beginning to form his own hierarchy and contribute to the continuing argument of painting versus photography.展开更多
Chinese painting has a long history and distinctive national characteristics, self-contained in the field of world art. It is unique and become the mainstream of oriental art. Traditional Chinese painting is artistic ...Chinese painting has a long history and distinctive national characteristics, self-contained in the field of world art. It is unique and become the mainstream of oriental art. Traditional Chinese painting is artistic conception as the soul, melting into poetry, books, paintings as a whole, poetic romance as the connotation, expressing feelings and thoughts. It exhibited virtual static beauty in thinking of Taoist philosophy of nature, becoming a unique Chinese aesthetic art. Artistic spirit is an important part and aesthetic standard of Chinese painting aesthetics, in the ＂paintings goods recorded,＂ ＂Lively spirit＂ is defined as the highest state of painting, artistic spirit is not a very mysterious thing, it was born from the pen and ink. NO pen and ink, no artistic spirit. Pursuing vivid artistic spirit, emphasizing ink skills, giving vent to feelings of oneself for its purpose, Chinese painting has generated a large number of outstanding works of art in thousands of years, constructed a unique cultural spirit, shaped the nation ＇ s aesthetic temperament and character.展开更多
文摘This study is concerned with the literary and aesthetic influences that led to Charles Sheeler＇s formation of a paragone in his early 20th century work. This painter, photographer, printmaker, and experimental filmmaker had very specific ideas concerning the hierarchy of the visual arts. While he is known for embracing a wide range of media and materials, by 1919 his aesthetic thought reveals a desire to elevate the painting over all other media. This formation of a visual paragone was initially influenced by his involvement in the interdisciplinary circles which surrounded both Alfred Stieglitz and Walter and Louise Arensberg in New York City. In particular, his lifelong friendship with the poet and writer William Carlos Williams would shape his aesthetic thought leading to his elevation of painting over all other media. Sheeler＇s paragone would begin to form during his stays at the rural Doylestown House in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. This rural home, which he first rented with fellow painter Morton Schamberg in 1916, would become an artistic refuge for both artists. While commercial photography was beginning to take up more if his time in Philadelphia, it was the retreats to the Doylestown house that enabled Sheeler to continue experiments in painting and begin to think of the photograph as something other than a document of architectural work. At this early stage in his artistic career, Sheeler was beginning to form his own hierarchy and contribute to the continuing argument of painting versus photography.
文摘Chinese painting has a long history and distinctive national characteristics, self-contained in the field of world art. It is unique and become the mainstream of oriental art. Traditional Chinese painting is artistic conception as the soul, melting into poetry, books, paintings as a whole, poetic romance as the connotation, expressing feelings and thoughts. It exhibited virtual static beauty in thinking of Taoist philosophy of nature, becoming a unique Chinese aesthetic art. Artistic spirit is an important part and aesthetic standard of Chinese painting aesthetics, in the ＂paintings goods recorded,＂ ＂Lively spirit＂ is defined as the highest state of painting, artistic spirit is not a very mysterious thing, it was born from the pen and ink. NO pen and ink, no artistic spirit. Pursuing vivid artistic spirit, emphasizing ink skills, giving vent to feelings of oneself for its purpose, Chinese painting has generated a large number of outstanding works of art in thousands of years, constructed a unique cultural spirit, shaped the nation ＇ s aesthetic temperament and character.
