Appreciation of Wenzhou relics

Of course, there are laymen who are experts in the appreciation and evaluation of art, but sometimes laymen can say what they have not said because they have pure feelings and knowledge and are not bound by rules and regulations, but they can't say what they have said. What's more, literature and art are the closest sisters, and they are originally integrated. As a writer, Zhu Ziqing's comments on painting art are even more remarkable and unique. Therefore, although he declared in this essay that "Chinese and western paintings are amateurs, and what he said is inevitably laughed at by experts", what he actually wrote is a beautiful prose that ordinary experts may not be able to do. After reading this essay, you don't need to look at the frame. Just follow the author's introduction and comments, and then close your eyes and meditate on the content. A wonderful and moving picture can be vividly presented in front of you, not only because of the painting, but also because of the author's thinking. You can appreciate the beauty, "stunned" and "unable to help yourself".

What painting is the article about? In fact, it's just a sketch of "Just a Foot": There are only four parts or four images in the painting of "A Little Banner More than a Foot Wide": the moon, begonia, starling and curtains. However, it attracted the author of the article so much that he "looked at the painting and was surprised;" Nostalgia, not yourself. "This is also the internal motivation that prompted him to write this essay-artistic charm.

There is no doubt that it is useless to talk about the feelings and beauty of a painting, especially to readers who have never seen a painting, so that they can feel the same, and they just sigh repeatedly and praise; But if you do a purely artistic analysis and fiddle with terminology, insiders may be able to hear some doorways, but ordinary readers will not be interested. The written text is only a comment at most, and it will not be a short article that can attract readers and make them think. However, Zhu Ziqing is not. As a great prose writer, he first described the content of this painting in half or a little more space, and then talked about his understanding and feelings about this painting in nearly half space. Through detailed description, let readers who have never seen this painting have a comprehensive and concrete understanding of the content of this painting; At the same time, the author can also use his own ideas to lead readers to appreciate the details of each part of the painting, laying the foundation for understanding the author's understanding and feelings later. It should be said that the author's arrangement of the structure and layout of the article seems to be casual, but in fact it is very careful.

Careless readers may easily ignore the order in which the author introduces and describes the four images on the screen; If we can ponder it carefully, we can find that the author's intention is also hidden here. It should be said that he has carefully considered the thickness of the picture, and it is by no means a running account. According to the order of several images in the poem, it should be: moon → bird → curtain → begonia. The order described in this paper is: curtain → full moon → begonia → myna. Why doesn't the author arrange them in the order of poetry? Obviously, it is to highlight the curtain and prepare for the following article (extension under the curtain and shutter man).

We can't help but admire the author's wonderful pen. When describing several images in the picture, he not only pays great attention to their shape, color, position, size and quantity, but also pays attention to every detail, sketching and contrasting them with his own observation impressions, so that they can be fully displayed in front of readers. We see that the curtain is "green" and "sparse and long", located in the "upper left corner" of the painting; Not only that, there is a hook in the center of the curtain, which is yellow and looks like a teapot mouth. Two ears are hung on the hook, the color is turquoise, and the thread is slightly messy. If it is slightly dragged in the breeze. We also see the "full moon" (neither half moon nor meniscus) on the "right side of the paper", emitting "faint green light", which is "pure, soft and serene, like a sleeping beauty's face" (this is the author's feeling). We also see that the positions of begonia flowers are "the top of the curtain" and "obliquely extending to the lower right", which are "intertwined", "the flowers and leaves are scattered up and down", and the number is "five clusters"; The leaves are "light green", fresh and tender "like water squeezed from the bottom" (this is the author's feeling), and because of the moonlight, "there is a slight difference between shallow and deep" (this is the level of writing leaves in the painting); Flowers are "red and flowing" (the word "flowing" is well used, which not only describes the degree of red, but also shows a sense of movement); Stamens are yellow and look "vivid and shiny" (write down the points of stamens). Then write two ("a pair") starlings: they are black, resting on a branch, "there is moonlight behind them, facing the curtain", one stands higher and the other stands lower; In particular, the author pointed out the eyes of myna standing on a high place-"the small eyes are half earned and half closed, which seems to have nostalgia before going to sleep" (the other one has fallen asleep, which shows that the painter should have fallen asleep in the dead of night). Until the end, the author did not hesitate to explain a blank in the picture-"Under the curtain, there is no trace." In this way, the art of a painting is completely "translated" by the author (let's just use the word "translation") into the art of literature. The author replaces the painter's brush with writing style, and turns lines and colors into the language of literature. If a painting is only a visual art, then Zhu Ziqing's prose is already a readable, audible and even imaginative art for readers.

Interestingly, when describing several images in the picture, the author first highlighted the curtain and wrote "under the curtain" and "in the curtain", and finally wrote myna, just to arouse some imagination and discussion. After expounding the content of this painting, the author turned to focus on his own understanding and feelings about this painting. Unlike ordinary careless viewers (readers) who only stay in the image of the picture, he pays more attention to the hidden inside information outside the painting and the image that does not appear in the painting. It is precisely because of this that his understanding and feeling of painting is higher than that of the general audience. It can also be said that he is closer to the painter's original intention and fully understands the content of the painting. Isn't it? The author starts from the "dream of both habitats" of a good bird-the perched myna "Why don't you sleep with your eyelids open?" "He (starling) what are you waiting for? Reluctant to part with the faint moon? Reluctant to shed curtains? " Then use the exclusion method to attract the reader's attention to the curtain-the curtain, to imagine the shutter man (that is, the person in the curtain). In this way, the picture presents a hazy moon, birds and people, which is very natural and gradually emerges. At this point, can we not be infected by this painting that we have never seen before, but be attracted and moved by the artistic world and realm created by the author in various ways such as description, description and rendering? !

This is a short essay to appreciate and evaluate paintings, and it is also a fascinating and beautiful article. After reading this essay, you will feel that you don't need to look at this painting any more, because it has already provided you with an artistic enjoyment. Now, I am writing to appreciate and comment on this article. Although it is redundant, it is for readers to read this short passage again and understand it with their own eyes and experiences, thus triggering their own understanding and feelings.

I hope it helps you! ! !