Why are classical myths and legends the most popular theme in artistic creation?

Myths and legends are mostly stories handed down after thousands of years of precipitation, which have entrusted people with a beautiful vision and rich imagination and expressed people's desire to pursue truth, goodness and beauty and a happy life. For example, China's Cowherd and Weaver Girl, Goddess of Mending Heaven, A Mountain of Yugong, Twelve Flowers, etc. There are also Adam and Eve, Venus and Athena in the west. , which has strong attraction and touching charm, has become a hot topic of artistic re-creation.

First, taking myth as the theme of painting, first of all, taking advantage of sound.

Because people are familiar with and interested in these myths and legends, they used to hear stories in language or words. Now I want to see how these myths and legends are depicted through painting.

Second, myths and legends can not only arouse people's curiosity, but also arouse people's resonance.

Some myths and legends with a long history are sad and regrettable, such as the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, magical and charming, such as the goddess of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, spectacular and inspiring, such as Yugong Mountain, and generous and admirable, such as Dayu's flood control. These myths and legends are expressed in the form of painting and other fine arts, which can not only satisfy people's curiosity, for example, people see that the gods or people in myths and legends look the same as people in reality, which has aroused many feelings and resonances.

Thirdly, myths and legends provide artists with unlimited imagination.

Many myths and legends themselves contain a lot of imagination, but also leave a lot of room for imagination, which makes painting, sculpture, photography and other artistic creations. It is more conducive to mobilizing and exerting the subjective thoughts, feelings and imagination of the creators. For example, many oil painters in the European Renaissance took Venus in ancient Greek and Roman mythology as their theme. He has created a large number of exquisite oil paintings in various forms, such as Spring, The Birth of Venus, Three Beautiful Gods, Sleeping Venus, Venus of Urbino, etc., which contain rich humanistic thoughts, which not only give people a beautiful visual feeling, but also have a positive impact on enlightening people's ideological liberation and human liberation.