One of the modeling methods commonly used in Shaanxi folk paper-cutting is exaggeration and deformation. Through paper-cutting, craftspeople can fully express their perceptions of life, attitude, cognition of nature, and expression of their inner emotional world through this art form. Therefore, the artistic expression of paper-cutting is more similar in spirit than in form. The exaggeration of shapes is the generalization and summary of the objective world by human beings. In the primitive society and the early feudal society, whether it was the patterns of painted pottery, the patterns of bronzes, or the later stone sculpture art, they all used the exaggeration of shapes to reflect their eternal art. charm. It contains the crystallization of the wisdom of craftsmen.
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Shaanxi folk paper-cutting
As the development and inheritance of primitive art, paper-cut art has unique advantages in the exaggeration of shapes. Paper-cut art comes from life, but is higher than life. Although it reflects the daily life of working people, it is not a simple imitation, but an objective expression that transcends reality. It exaggerates the shape of objects to show its unique aesthetic and artistic concepts. In order to make the objects of expression more obvious and prominent, creators often add some patterns to the objects to be represented, making the paper-cut patterns exaggerated without losing their beauty.
The creative process of folk paper-cutting is a process in which the creator constantly exaggerates and transforms his own observations and understandings of life. Through this artistic technique, the reality in life is transformed into the beauty in art. In this process, creation The authors own thoughts, feelings, as well as the pursuit and perception of beauty are all reflected and expressed. In long-term practice, the creator has fully grasped the unique composition and modeling methods of paper-cutting. Through the free combination of balanced, uneven, dense and irregular lines, he composes wonderful rhythm and rhythm, which not only enriches the image Infectious, but also adds to the interest of life.