Victorian illustration-what is Victorian style? What are the characteristics?

What are the characteristics and significance of Victorian painting?

Victorian period

Characteristics of painting: narration, storytelling,

romanticism

And is characterized by decoration. There is also a tendency to take the middle ages as the center and classical myths as the center.

Second,

Victorian era

The significance of painting works

1, Victorian paintings fully reflected the current social situation at that time.

When painting, the author often contains profound meaning, and expresses his feelings in a painting, so that people who appreciate the painting can sing for it. However, some works show specific social phenomena in a certain period, contain social contradictions and reflect the living conditions of the working people at the bottom of society.

2. Victorian painting is romantic.

Norman

Style, which embodies people's interests.

a good life

Yearning for.

The cultural atmosphere of combining classicality and romance in Victorian paintings also gives people a better imagination. For example,

Knights of the round table

The mistress of central Lancelot.

Charlotte

As a theme, it repeatedly expresses that eschatological atmosphere. Cardiff Castle is the creation of Marquis Bout and architect Burgis, completely imitating the Norman style in the Middle Ages. This is the place where they dream of living, escaping from the ugliness and hypocrisy of the Victorian era. Bourne-Jones's "King Arthur Sleeps in Avalon" can best reflect this point.

3. Victorian painting had a profound influence on the history, atmosphere and morality at that time.

Nowadays, the retro trend of women's wear is popular, and the Victorian element has actually been widely used by large and small brands and even unlicensed clothing in modern times. Whether exquisite or simple, Victorian style has always been alive. This gorgeous and subtle feminine style brings us a refreshing feeling.

During the period from 1837 to 190 1, Queen Victoria of England used spinning, ribbons, bows, multi-level cake cutting, wrinkling, pleating and other elements, as well as court styles such as standing collar, high waist, princess sleeves and leg sleeves.

In the conservative Victorian era, for the sake of purity and order, and the obvious need for female moral imprisonment, women had to wrap themselves up. This makes the clothing itself tight and layered, and wraps the woman tightly.

The eight styles of painting are as follows:

1, "realistic style" illustration

Should it be the most common style? Draw what the real thing looks like and express what needs to be expressed most clearly.

2. "Fashion Style" Illustration

Illustration works, as the name implies, are suitable for fashion-related industries. Widely used in commercial posters, magazines, game IP, and the most mainstream e-commerce today.

3, "humorous style" illustration

This illustration style is believed to be familiar to friends who have been diving in major information platforms for a long time.

4. "Aesthetic Style" Illustration

Widely used in literary illustrations, desktop wallpaper and other fields to create a literary atmosphere.

5. "Q Edition" Illustration

As long as it needs to be cute, the Q version will never die! Commodity packaging, page design, game characters ... whether it is secondary or Europe and America, there are all kinds.

Big Head doll

The general shape will never go out of fashion.

6. Illustration of "Science and Technology Wind"

The sense of science and technology, a style originated from the progress of the times, reflects a sense of indifference to the future with its regular and complex physical structure.

7. "decorative" illustrations

For example ~

Kloka

Everyone should have seen it, mainly decorative content, paying more attention to the treatment of lines.

8. "Image Synthesis" Illustration

As we all know, many commercial projects usually take one month, so it is impossible to give you a long time to describe some details in such a short time. At this time, pasting materials is a very effective method, and we also have a saying called "half P and half painting".

figure painting

The basic techniques of figure painting, both at home and abroad, are mainly based on figure painting in the history of early painting development, all of which serve religion or politics. From the ancient silk paintings or murals excavated in recent years, we can see the faces of ancient emperors, heroes, sages or literati, which have strong political and religious functions, as well as Buddhist figures such as Buddhism, Bodhisattva, Lohan and even earlier myths and legends, which are full of mysterious religious colors.

You can also see genre paintings that describe real life and show the aesthetic taste of the court.

Lady painting

The story paintings of characters in traditional Chinese opera, and all kinds of figure paintings with different forms and themes have detailed emotional descriptions and vivid images, which bring profound aesthetic feeling to the viewers. Throughout China's ancient figure paintings, the expressive techniques can be roughly divided into three categories. One is drawing. Meticulous painting and heavy color painting. The third is freehand brushwork (stick figure method).

What is Victorian style? What are the characteristics? The Victorian style is colorful, bold and contrasting. The combination of neutral colors such as black, white and gray with brown and gold highlights luxury and atmosphere. This style is often used in star hotels and luxury houses. Its exquisite shape, exquisite space division, rich levels, perfect combination of decorative beauty and natural beauty. As far as interior design is concerned, doria is the true embodiment of aestheticism, and a large number of detailed modeling elements are still industry classics. This style of design and construction technology has become the first choice for those who pursue luxury and exotic customs. In today's interior design market, it is still a considerable design direction; Although it is not popular with young and rational ethnic groups, it is an ideal style for homeowners who have a strong preference for European impressions. Decorative classical details, complicated wiring boards and fireplaces, crystal lighting, lace window screens, colorful wallpaper, exquisite porcelain and exquisite oil paintings are all indispensable elements to embody the Victorian style.