FIGURATIVE-STYLISTIC FEATURES IN THE SYSTEM OF ARTISTIC PICTORIAL PRINCIPLES OF CHINESE PAINTING OF THE LATE 20TH – EARLY 21ST.

Abstract

The purpose of the study is figurative-stylistic features in the context of the system of artistic pictorial principles of Chinese painting of the late 20th – early 21st centuries. Methodology. The main method of analysis was figurative-stylistic. This allowed to generalize the author’s stylistic ideas in the context of historical styles (primarily, impressionism and realism). Since the evolution of Chinese fine art has formed a unique dynamic of polystylistic representation, this method allowed to compare, identify and interpret the artistic appeal as an element of the stylistic artistic mechanism (for example, to identify formal and compositional principles within the author’s interpretation of impressionism). Scientific novelty. A significant amount of Chinese professional scientific literature on the research issues was introduced into scientific circulation; The formal and compositional features of the development of the artistic language of Chinese painting in the second half of the 20th – early 21st centuries in the context of the functioning of the system of pictorial principles are investigated and generalized; the pictorial tendencies of graphicity and polystylism are identified and analyzed. Conclusions. The study shows that in Chinese painting the system of pictorial principles gives a more significant status to the symbolic characteristics of the artistic image. This is reflected in classical approaches (for example, in the treatise “Six Principles” by Xie He), and is also a sign of the formation of the Western school of xianghua, in the context of which the symbolism of Chinese art has acquired modern significance. We distinguish two parallel directions in the development of pictorial artistic principles as a system. The first direction is interspecific transformations of graphic and pictorial components of artistic language. As the second direction, we consider polystylism. This phenomenon arises as a result of reminiscences of Western European artistic heritage, experiments with stylistic trends, rethinking of forms and directions of traditional artistic experience.