The application of Shaanxi folk paper-cutting in modern graphic design
Shaanxi folk paper-cutting art mainly relies on folk activities and is applied to arts and crafts. Its performance themes are very rich, including flowers and birds, fish and insects, animals, melons and fruits, as well as myths, folk stories, legendary figures, drama characters, appliance shapes, primitive totems, as well as symbols and auspicious words, etc. It can be said that A complete collection of Chinese traditional arts and crafts patterns. These traditional folk paper-cut images are not accidental creations, but have been continuously processed and created by generations of folk artists over thousands of years. It embodies collective wisdom, has a long history, and has strong national characteristics. Moreover, these paper-cut images are familiar to the public. Their existence is related to a large number of customs and beliefs that are generally popular in society. It does not depend on personal preferences. It comes from life and has a fairly stable audience. Its design is well known and has an extremely wide range of social universality. Drawing reference from these images with distinctive personalities and strong folk characteristics in modern graphic design will provide us with extremely rich visual art resources and greatly enrich our graphic design language.
Shaanxi folk paper-cutting art embodies a typical primary way of thinking. This kind of thinking is a natural way of visual perception without professional training, and embodies the traditional Chinese aesthetic ideals: "Unity of man and nature", "Environment creates images outside the world". That is to say, it is not a mechanical copy of natural objects, but full of cognition and ideality, and a purposeful grasp of the overall structural pattern of the object. When traditional folk paper-cutting artists convert their visual feelings into symbolic images, they are never limited by the momentary stillness of time and space, nor are they constrained by visual viewpoints. Instead, they follow the authors original visual perception of the object and their inner wishes. and self-ideal, rearrange and construct the order of reality, and materialize them into visual forms to rationalize them, thereby effectively eliminating conflicts caused by the imbalance between reality and ideals, subject and object, and adjusting the subjects culture and instincts , the contradiction between rationality and sensibility, society and individual.
For example, in paper-cutting, front eyes, mouth and nose are cut out on the side of a horses head, a cows head, a tigers head, or even a humans head; another example is the small appearance of a tigers body.Tiger, the shape of "five poisons" appears in the tigers belly. This kind of original visual thinking is infinitely free. It is a true expression of human nature that is not controlled and interfered by scientific knowledge. It breaks the constraints of real objects on peoples free imagination and creation, transcends the boundaries between nature and reality, and creates Create a vivid and vivid artistic reality.
Looking back at the development of art, countless artists have been inspired by folk art: the Austrian painter Klimt and the Japanese painter Higashiyama Kaii borrowed traditional folk art from their paintings and created world-famous works of art. Modern art work. French painter Henri Matisse boldly absorbed the nutrients of traditional folk paper-cutting art. “Primary visual thinking is something that modern professional artists dream of but often find difficult to obtain.” Learning and drawing on traditional folk paper-cutting art can enrich our imagination, cultivate our innovative spirit, inspire modern graphic design, and provide endless enlightenment to modern graphic design art.
Traditional Chinese paper-cutting pursues the beauty of artistic conception of "the environment is outside the image" and emphasizes that "the picture must be meaningful and the meaning must be auspicious". This is the aesthetic thought derived from the pursuit of perfection and happiness in traditional Chinese culture. Therefore, traditional folk paper-cutting mostly reflects the themes of love between husband and wife, many children, good weather, peace and auspiciousness. The aesthetic concepts and connotations of traditional folk art often influence our artistic design all the time. If we use a modern perspective to delve deeper into the connotations of traditional folk paper-cut art, we will definitely produce unique artistic effects. Modern graphic designers have many successful references in this regard.
"Shaanxi folk art is an important part of folk art. The development of a countrys design art is based on the countrys national cultural heritage." Shaanxi folk paper-cutting art is a rich treasure house, which has profound enlightenment and reference for modern graphic design. In the face of the rich resources of traditional folk paper-cutting art, we should avoid simple mechanical copying or patchwork, but should be consistent with our own design themes and use certain symbolic paper-cutting patterns to express certain emotions and thoughts; or combine traditional paper-cutting with Change and reorganize certain image elements to make them have the shape and charm of traditional ethnic graphics and the meaning of modern graphic design; or infiltrate traditional modeling techniques into modern graphic design, and then It reflects the temperament, spirit and philosophy of the Chinese nation.
Modern graphic design advocates "people-oriented" and "embodies the harmonious coexistence of man and nature." As a graphic designer, you should pay attention to the issue of cultural localization, the root system of the nations survival, and the nations historical life memory and unique symbol of survival. Integrating traditional folk paper-cutting art into modernIn modern graphic design, it can enrich the expression techniques of modern graphic design, inspire the inspiration of modern graphic design, and sublimate the connotation and heritage of modern graphic design, which will effectively promote the development of modern graphic design.
