Blank space is a commonly used technique in the creation of Chinese works of art. It refers to the intentional leaving of corresponding blank spaces and room for imagination in the creation of calligraphy and painting art in order to make the entire work's picture and composition more coordinated and exquisite. .
From an artistic point of view, blank space is an art that uses "blank space" as a carrier to render a beautiful artistic conception. From a practical point of view, blank space refers more to a simple and comfortable concept. Blank spaces are mainly divided into: blank spaces for words, blank spaces for art, blank spaces for philosophy, and blank spaces for applications.
For example, painting requires blank space. Masters of art are often masters of leaving blank space, and a small space also shows the breadth of the world. In "Fishing Alone on the Cold River" by Ma Yuan of the Southern Song Dynasty, there is only one painting in which a small boat and a fisherman are fishing. There is not a trace of water in the whole painting, which makes people feel that the vastness of the smoke is covered with water. It gives people room for imagination, and the art of leaving nothing but nothing has a high aesthetic value. As the saying goes, "there is nothing but something here."
Blank space in art
1. In literature and music, there are also many blank spaces that "do not contain a single word, but have both form and spirit" and "silence is better than sound".
2. Painting. In traditional Chinese painting, some blank spaces are often used to express water, clouds, wind and other scenes needed in the picture. This technique is more subtle and restrained than directly using colors to render expressions. Later, this technique was gradually used in other paintings, which means what we call blank space. White space can harmonize the composition of the picture and reduce the depressing feeling of an overly full composition. It naturally guides the reader's gaze to the subject.
3. Calligraphy, calligraphy pays attention to "density". Sparsity means conciseness and leaving blank space. The structure of the characters and the layout of the whole text must be dense and dense, so that they can break up the flatness, be uniform, have ups and downs, contrast, and be both contradictory and harmonious, so as to obtain good artistic taste.
When doing calligraphy, you should pay attention not only to the black part - the density of the strokes, but also to the sparse white between the calligraphy and painting and between the lines. The black space must be carefully composed, and the white space-the arrangement between the lines must also be handled appropriately, so that the density and density are consistent, and the two complement each other.
4. Drama, drama terminology refers to the fact that after the actors say some difficult lines in the drama, in order to give the audience time to understand the lines, they pause for a while and then continue the performance.
5. Shadow puppets. Longdong shadow puppets also adopt the compositional aesthetic rules of Chinese painting in their creative composition. Figures and scenery are carved using Yin and Yang techniques.
To highlight the main part of a figure, it is generally carved into a solid line using the Yang carving method of peeling off the lines to form a body line. The remaining parts are hollowed out and left blank. The blank part is the virtual part of the composition. This technique is generally used on a large scale in film scenes to highlight the realism of buildings. The image carved by this alternating yin and yang carving technique is concise and general, with both form and spirit.
The objective existence of reality in the video contains a general artistic illusion. The virtual part in the video is a large area of ??blank space, giving the audience a deeper association with the outside of the image. This is also the image. The uncertain and difficult part of the artistic conception of the piece. Therefore, "real" is limited and "virtual" is infinite. This is the relationship between virtual and real in shadow puppet art.