On the Four Levels of Aesthetics

It seems that no matter who can talk about aesthetics, no matter what your aesthetic standards are, you can despise what you don't recognize at will, and everything will bring so-called aesthetic fatigue. Teacher Ma Weidou once said that aesthetics can be divided into four levels: gaudy, subtle, melodramatic and morbid. The following is my understanding and explanation.

Flashy: this word is easy to understand, but it is often crucial. Why? I think it's because I don't really understand the meaning represented by the aesthetic level. For example, many friends will think of the big perianth in the northeast, Sister Furong in those days, or the festive pictures of gold and red. You can think carefully about the peony figure in meticulous painting, the festive music of making money and making money, and the stage makeup over the years. Can be regarded as gaudy. So: flashy is not just criticism or criticism is just a small piece of self-psychological comfort; The so-called gaudiness is more vulgar and more the normal consciousness of the times and groups. Just like the use of color and lens in Hero directed by Zhang Yimou, people who gain more recognition should not be too far away from gaudiness.

Moral: We in China like to pay attention to moral, and the gentleman shaped by Confucian classics is a typical representative of moral; Even for piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, the hidden core is embedded, which is often said by the outside world. If you don't understand, you can recall the poems of Tang and Song Dynasties, in which the expression of things is implicit. Implicit aesthetics is consistent with his literal meaning, not as obvious as gaudiness. On the other hand, it is the promotion of cultural level and realm, which is controlled by relatively few groups, but this is exactly what the general public yearns for, an acceptable and realizable virtual personality.

Affectionate: I think my understanding of this word may not be thorough enough, because many people take Picasso as an example, but to be honest, my feeling may be worse than this, so I'd better use my perception as an example. Speaking of sitcoms, the first thing that comes to my mind are "I'm worried about adding new words", "I can still sing when asked, which is not decent", "Princess disease" and "Bitch is melodramatic". Is this a little concept? ! The so-called melodramatic aesthetics is more a form of expression and an attitude towards the way things are presented. There is neither a straightforward spiritual expression nor a very pure realm embodiment. Instead, it adds a layer of packaging to things, just as it is not just the color you see, but the TINT or the hidden part behind it that you need to explore.

What I want to say most here is "extremes meet" and "nitpicking". Maybe you will think that these two words have nothing to do with illness at all, so you should listen to them from the beginning. Our pursuit of beauty is always infinite. In the process of pursuit, many people will artificially divide different groups: what kind of people A likes; What are the characteristics of people who like B? What does c want to pursue ... in many cases, the smaller the group, the more sought after people who occupy the hierarchical advantage, and the more people who advocate it. Due to the limitation of cognition, people will become more and more "picky" on the basis of the original cognition in order to pursue uniqueness, thus producing some kind of mental paranoia. That's how the beauty of "foot-binding" comes from. The theoretical basis for the birth of "foot-binding" for all people and colleagues is what I said.

Most of the reasons for aesthetic fatigue are unwilling to be solidified in thinking and thinking, so there will be different degrees of birth. Why is there four levels of aesthetics instead of four realms? Because the realm is progressive, it can be promoted layer by layer, and the levels are interrelated but not necessarily qualitatively different. Therefore, for gaudy, subtle, melodramatic and morbid, we can divide them into different aesthetic entry points, and we can also explore the evolution pursued in humanistic evolution, but more is cautious verification and self-reflection.

I don't want to be perfect, but I want to discuss it. As a family, I hope my body and mind can be used for your reference, which is also the biggest gain I have picked up on the road I am looking for.