Art and Society

Tradition Unveiled: A Comparative Exploration of Kelantan and Shaanxi Shadow Puppet Craftsmanship

Cheng Xiaochun, Musdi bin Hj. Shanat — Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This study intricately examines the craftsmanship of Kelantan, Malaysia, and Shaanxi, China’s shadow puppets, highlighting how their unique making processes contribute to distinct visual characteristics. Kelantan artisans meticulously treat cattle hide, emphasizing sunlight exposure for drying, intricate chiselling techniques, and vibrant coloration. In contrast, Shaanxi craftsmen employ a moist carving process, with detailed motifs influenced by traditional Chinese mural paintings. The comparative analysis exposes fundamental disparities: Kelantan emphasizes dry leather, producing flat colours and detailed chiselling, while Shaanxi relies on moist leather for vibrant, translucent hues. The study further explores variations in carving techniques and movable parts, providing insight into the rich cultural tapestry woven into the artistry of Kelantan and Shaanxi shadow puppet craftsmanship.

Research Report of the Creative Inspiration of Oil Painting Landscape in Northwest China

Jiang Qi Ph.D. — Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The landscape has regional characteristics, rich landform changes and distinct seasons, which provides a good inspiration for artistic creation. This study collects and collates landscape materials through field investigation; the system analysis method is used to study the creative drawing process and artistic characteristics of oil painting landscape in Northwest China. Summarize the importance and flexibility of creative inspiration. The study found that creative inspiration is flexible and diverse, fleeting, and requires the artist’s keen insight to capture. This study provides theoretical support for further research on the inspiration of oil painting character creation.

Blaze and Sublime — A Preliminary Study on the Aesthetic Characteristics of Red Tangka

Jia Sun — Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The red Thangka not only reflects the Tibetan people’s reverence and yearning for the vitality of life, the brilliance of the sun and the purification of the deity, but also contains the artistic pursuit of fierce and lofty emotions. Through the systematic analysis of 150 works of 20 red Thangka artists, this paper reveals the multiple symbolic meanings of red in red Thangka and the regularity and difference of emotional expression. The results show that the selection and collocation of red is not only the inheritance of traditional Tibetan aesthetics, but also the innovation of modern aesthetic trends. The combination of schematic design, line use and composition form a fiery and lofty aesthetic style of red Thangka. The aesthetic characteristics of red Thangka not only provide us with a new perspective to better understand Tibetan culture, but also provide a rich mass foundation and creative inspiration for the artistic creation and cultural inheritance of red Thangka in the future. The research results confirm that the artistic creation and cultural inheritance of red Thangka have important practical significance and academic value in the sustainable development of Tibetan art and culture.

Multilingual Signage Typography in China Urban Information System

Yinghui Zhang — Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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