What is the appreciation of strange stones?

Strange stones have their own natural beauty, social beauty and artistic beauty. Coupled with the accumulation of people's usual culture and art, the harmony between man and nature can be achieved, and the level of stone appreciation has been improved, thus achieving the purpose of appreciating stones and nourishing nature.

To master the ways and methods of stone appreciation, it is necessary to broaden the knowledge of stone appreciation. We should not only learn the methods and theories of ancient stone appreciation, but also learn the knowledge of modern people and aesthetics, learn the basic theoretical knowledge of calligraphy, painting, photography, lines, composition and lighting, learn natural science and social science, and use these artistic theories to appreciate and evaluate strange stones.

In particular, the art of painting and calligraphy photography and the art of strange stones can be described as sister arts, and there are many similarities. In a word, the overall quality has improved and the stone appreciation level has gone up. Appreciation can start from the following aspects:

(1) quality

Refers to the mineral composition of stone products, with timely and jade as the top grade. Generally speaking, the quality of stone is judged by its hardness. The higher the density of the stone, the higher the hardness. The hardness of ornamental stones is generally 4 to 8 degrees.

Pure texture, no other impurities, smooth and delicate stone surface has a beautiful aesthetic feeling; Some rocks are loose, soft and sparse, and the surface is rough and dull, which has a rough beauty. Smooth and delicate, pure texture, high hardness, smooth and transparent is the best, followed by soft structure, old miscellaneous, rough, dark color and low hardness.

(2) cereals

Regular and irregular, smooth or dim texture patterns or shapes formed by circles, points, lines, surfaces and blocks on products. The patterns on the strange stone are divided into concave-convex patterns, plain twill patterns, dotted lines, thick and thin patterns and block patterns; The lines are divided into single, double-color and mixed-color lines, and the lines are lively, rhythmic, endless and interesting, which can be described as fine products.

3) color

Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and purple are the best, followed by mixed color, double color and monochrome. Color is the meaning of life, the meaning of color, and the perfect unity of color, shape and meaning can be described as a beautiful stone.

(4) like it

Strange abstract or image patterns and objects on stones. Some are clear, showing the beauty of mountains and rivers with smooth lines; Some are bold, using large areas of color blocks to form figures, animals and other images. No matter what form, it vividly shows thousands of images in nature.

(5) Significance

The artistic conception contained in the shape or pattern of strange stones, some of which are far-reaching and give people reverie; Some are clear and straightforward; Some are broad and open; Some of them are subtle and make people think. Different artistic conception will bring different feelings to people.

(6) Shape

Shape is a natural external shape formed by nature, such as triangle, circle and ellipse. In short, it is strange and ubiquitous. Some forms are concrete, some are abstract, some have both form and spirit, and the concrete is vivid and vivid, and the abstract is varied and intriguing.

The shape of the stone should be as complete as possible, and there should be no deep cracks and lines on the viewing surface, otherwise it will not affect the viewing. From the appearance of the whole stone, the circle can give people a round and smooth feeling; Regular triangle modeling can give people a sense of symmetry, balance and stability; An inverted triangle can give people a sense of surprise in danger. A good stone has a unique shape, an interesting appearance and a complete stone body, which is in harmony with its content, and its surface shape and inner spirit complement each other.

Stone God is the essential reflection of the physical connotation of strange stones, and God refers to the inner spirit, temperament, artistic conception and charm of strange stones. God is the embodiment of strange stone personality. The strange stone without god is dull and lifeless. The strange stone with god can make people feel excited and give people artistic appeal. The shape is like a strange stone, the body of a strange stone; God is the inner charm and soul of strange stones; Form is the carrier of God, and God exists according to form. A perfect stone has both form and spirit.

(7) Charming beauty

In addition to the beauty of appearance, that is, the objective image forms of various scenery and things, it also has the beauty of charm in form. Charm is intangible, which is a visual expression of certain feelings and things through a series of psychological activities such as human brain thinking, imagination and emotional comprehension. This image is based on image to achieve charm.

Form is the shell of God, and God is the core of form. Form and God are inseparable unity. Among the varieties of strange stones, there are different shapes, and the shapes contain illusory charm. These stones have the beauty of charm with both form and spirit and endless aftertaste, which further embodies the beauty of artistic conception, implies the meaning of love and the realm of heart. The beautiful stone and the scene are integrated into one, which has the most artistic vitality and appeal.

(8) Artistic beauty

Bring stones into the category of culture and art, from the artistic height of aesthetics, literature and chromatics, communicate with the cold stone-playing, place affection on stones, intersect with people who love stones, reach the realm of unity between stones and people, and then spread the wings of thinking to enrich imagination, and turn the stone-playing into a strange stone, a work of art, and integrate with me. By appreciating the artistic beauty of the strange stone, we can get a kind of comfort and enjoyment, which is the strange stone.

(9) Artistic conception beauty

Artistic beauty is an important part of strange stones, which refers to the exaggeration, humor, similarity or generalization of stone bodies or patterns, the fusion of feelings and the expression of artistic associations in order to achieve a perfect artistic realm. As far as the beauty and ugliness of strange stones are concerned, the design beauty and modeling beauty of strange stones can be perfectly unified, which is a fine product.

If the pattern is beautiful, flat and even has cracks and scars, it still has its ornamental value, because one kind of beauty covers all ugliness, and the inner beauty can cover the ugliness of appearance. No matter how big and exquisite the stone is, the stone lacking artistic conception has no ornamental value, because the content plays a decisive role and the form serves the content, and the beautiful stone is the unity of content and form.

The aesthetic standard of strange stones lies in the perfect combination of form and spirit. In short, the appreciation of strange stones should be based on the imagination of stone shape, stone quality, stone color and stone pattern, from reality to emptiness, from shallowness to depth, from complexity to simplicity, from meaning to rhyme, from metaphysics to metaphysics, and gradually sublimate, and enjoy it by yourself, the whole family and friends. A strange stone even needs years of observation to truly appreciate its artistic conception.