What are the important topics and inscriptions in Chinese painting?
Inscription and postscript are indispensable elements in Chinese painting, and they are also exquisite, which should be coordinated with the content and composition of the painting.
Inscriptions generally include the name of the painting, such as Fuchun Shan Jutu, which can use official script or seal script font, and it is also larger than other inscriptions. Some inscriptions will write poems according to the meaning of the painting, and some inscriptions are a supplement to the image and impression in the painting. Inscriptions must be meaningful and concise, and the visual arrangement must be clever in order to stabilize the painting bureau. Inscriptions generally include the author's name, year, month, announcement number, official title, respect word, etc. , they are divided into leaflets. To cooperate with the picture to increase the connotation and coordinate the overall effect. Inscription and postscript is an art form combining painting with poetry and calligraphy, which requires painters to have high attainments in literature and calligraphy besides Chinese painting.
Seal script: the general name of big seal script and small seal script. Oracle Bone Inscriptions, 3000 years ago, is the earliest recognizable writing handed down, mainly used for divination. The brushwork is thin and powerful, with many straight lines. There are Fang Bi, round pen and sharp pen, and there are many "hanging needles" for writing. Big seal script refers to inscriptions on bronze inscriptions, bronzes and six-country scripts, which retain the obvious characteristics of ancient hieroglyphics. Xiao Zhuan, also known as "Qin Zhuan", is a commonly used character in Qin State and a simplified font of Da Zhuan, which is characterized by uniform and neat glyphs and is easier to write than Wen Shu.