1. painter's career Gao Juhan
Professor Gao Juhan has been a professor of art history and graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley for a long time, and served as a consultant to the China Painting and Calligraphy Department of the Flier Art Museum in Washington. Most of his works are revised from lectures of universities or compiled by making full use of museum resources. They are classic works that study the history of China's painting through style analysis and enjoy a worldwide academic reputation. In this book, he tried to break the myth that literati painters "express their feelings, think from books, and don't eat fireworks." From the actual social life level, he inspected the status of painters of different classes, and unfolded a vivid picture for readers: "Since the end of the Song Dynasty, with the prosperity of business and the increasing demand for painting in society, painters have made a living and created at different levels", so that we can fully understand and think about the original situation of a work creation.
The difference is that his research path is closely linked with sociology and social history, that is, to study art history in the way of social history, which is a very interesting angle. I think this is very beneficial to the integration and inspiration between disciplines. Moreover, the language in the book is simple and well researched, which can not only understand the living conditions of painters, but also imagine their social outlook. It is not so much an art inquiry book as a social novel. In addition, if you feel appetizing after reading it, you can continue to look at a series of his paintings appreciated by different dynasties, such as "A farewell to Linjiang" (a study of Paintings of Ming Dynasty).
2. Letter to the young artist Jiang Xun.
Personally, I like a series of works by Jiang Xun. His delicate language is very infectious. It can also express artistic feelings incisively and vividly.
It seems that the feeling closest to the bottom of memory is often the sense of smell. Perhaps, what really makes a person go to art is not a lesson or suffering, but the lingering taste in the depths of life. It's like a cold and desolate smell after a warm day, with the touch of rough rocks. Through the smell, you will recognize a large area of rice that has already eared, and realize that life is noisy and worth spending.
The other is to look at his other appreciation series, including Van Gogh, China's calligraphy, A Dream of Red Mansions and so on. Choose what you like according to your own interests.
3. "Wind and Lotus in Quyuan-Ten Lectures on China Art" Zhu Liangzhi
When I came into contact with Professor Zhu's book, I checked the relevant information of my graduation thesis in my junior year. It's really addictive I like his writing and interpretation too much. Poetic language and profound meaning. There are many ways to interpret art. What he wants to do is to discover the artistic authenticity of literati painting from the perspective of his familiar artistic philosophy. Zhu Liangzhi once said, "In fact, what he wants to solve is not the problem of literati painting itself, but the problem of solving his own thoughts." "When people get old in middle age, they feel a little desert and a little unaccustomed to the hustle and bustle of this world. What is the value of human life? Like Ni Zan, what matters is not what he left behind, but what he created. What kind of mental record did you leave? Even if such a work is gone today, we can still trace back to his information in the remaining literature. "
His appreciation also likes the clear confession of life, which is also profound in Zen and lasting in charm. Perhaps, the highest state of art is "the infatuation of one world".
4. Design in Kenya Hara Design
Muji art director, master of minimalism. Life has a sense of design, and the views and ideas in the book are very atmospheric, not as simple as a sentence "minimalism = sexual indifference". Mr Kenya Hara's cleverness lies in his introduction of some design rules and techniques. He pays more attention to the embodiment of designers' inner ideas in the industrial age. In the industrial age, there are various models and containers on the production line, but the designers' ideas and ideas are different. Through the designer's cognition of information form, the beauty of information is finally conveyed.
"Everyday" is a word repeatedly mentioned by Kenya Hara. In his view, this is the source of design and the meaning of design. In the final analysis, this book is actually reminding us that everyone can be a designer, because you can not only design "design" in the general sense, but also design your life.
5. "Death Aesthetics" Yang Lu
Please don't be frightened by the title. In fact, from the aesthetic point of view of death, the book discusses the concept of life and death in Chinese and western cultures and the aesthetic relationship between death and sublimity, tragedy, religion, soul and ghost domain with philosophical and poetic language. It is mentioned in the book that "most western tragedies are the coexistence of reason and selfish desires, and their fierce conflicts reflect the glory of destruction." Most China tragedies are the purification of selfish desires by reason. In China's tragedy, the master embodies more humanistic authority, while the west is an impermanent fate. " I have to admit that many famous paintings handed down from ancient times are expressing death. Like O 'Filja in the water, it is sweet and serene, which will make you realize that "real beauty is actually a kind of disappearance". In a way, the secret of beauty is rapid decay.
In my opinion, the author is teaching us how to transcend the fear and hardship of death with the spirit of freedom, and then make our short life like a meteor come alive.
6. "The Bamboo in the Chest-China Aesthetics Towards Modernity" Ye Lang
Teacher Ye's books are textbook-style and must be read. His Principles of Aesthetics and Outline of China Art History are believed to be required readings for aesthetics majors in many colleges and universities. What I want to recommend this time is "Bamboo in the Chest", which is a book about modern aesthetic thought and a tribute to the centenary of Peking University. Without the theoretical discourse of chapters, it is more the feeling and enlightenment of modern aesthetics. He once said: "Realm is a person's attitude towards life, and it is a whole spiritual world formed by condensing a person's past, present and future. A person's realm is the meaning and value of a person's life. " In today's impetuous, I will let myself settle down.
7. "The Course of Beauty" Li Zehou
As a philosopher, Mr. Li's aesthetic views are original. By combining understanding and speculation, and from the perspective of comparison between Chinese and Western cultures, it shows the splendid artistic realm and culture of China from prehistoric culture to Ming and Qing literary thoughts in the past 8,000 years. Like a loving old man, he took you all the way, brought thousands of years of literature and aesthetics into the framework of the spirit of the times, revealed the historical and psychological accumulation of many aesthetic phenomena, and had a profound sense of integrity and history. Wei and Jin demeanor, the voice of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the artistic conception of mountains and rivers, these classic and lofty existence, look again today, the emotion is still deep and blazing. In addition, there are many books to choose from, such as three books on aesthetics, the history of Chinese aesthetics and Chinese aesthetics. In addition, most of his books are illustrated, beautifully bound and highly collectible.
8. "Freehand brushwork: Gong Jing reads paintings" Gong Jing
Professor Gong Jing's paintings are as textured as words and as silk. Gong Jing's writing is delicate, meticulous and vivid. Her explanation and description of the meaning of painting is not parrot-learned, but goes deep into the core of the work with great wisdom and analyzes the artist's soul step by step. Gong Jing talked about,, Ni Zan,, Chen Laolian, Qi Baishi, Lin Fengmian, Da? Finch and other famous Chinese and foreign painters and their works have unique views not only on their work styles, but also on their tortuous lives. Both ordinary readers and professional artists can probably benefit from reading.
9. Zong Baihua who is "aesthetically walking"
Classic books must be read often. In this thin little book, Mr. Zong Baihua, a great master of aesthetics, explained several important categories of China's classical aesthetic thought with a comparative eye with his profound attainments in China's classical culture and western culture, and infiltrated his own life experience and aesthetic orientation. His words and expressions are elegant and poetic, and his writing is vivid, seeing the big from the small.
I think anyone who loves the beauty of China and the art of China should read this book.
10. Colombian reflection, Mu Xin.
Finally, I recommend a collection of Mu Xin's early essays. I've always liked Mu Xin. As an all-round artist, he can always capture the truest moments in human nature. His state of life shows real calmness. Beautiful and pure writing, full of spirituality. In his works, sometimes he is sad and thoughtful, and sometimes he loses his temper sincerely; Sometimes he laughs like a bad boy, and sometimes he plays that beautiful story with ecstasy; Sometimes it's steep, sometimes it hurts. Perhaps, as he said, "it is dishonest to be too pessimistic and too optimistic about life and human beings." Seeing the absurdity of the world clearly is the basic standard of the wise. Seeing it clearly, I didn't feel sick, but smiled. "
The seal of Taiwan Province Province comments on him like this: "A world with a wooden heart, which is exquisite, shining with light, loves wisdom, but at the same time it is turbulent for beauty and spiritual exploration. When he unfolded his indifferent and charming book, it had collapsed, and" the world is exquisite, just waiting for destruction "-he is like an orphan.
I accidentally saw an evaluation before, which really hit his personality charm. "Small fresh is popular now, and Mu Xin is a little old and fresh. In fact, Mu Xin's cleverness is also quite good, just like wind chimes, which are tinkling and extremely comfortable. It's just that the "golden sound of Muduo" is shocking, not the tinkling of wind chimes. Other works include Going to the Plain, Mu Xin's Talk about Mu Xin, The Mermaid Banquet and Mu Xin's Painting Collection.
Always like a person, they are always moved by the details of life, because they weave a beautiful net in their hearts, so they can capture the warmth of all the undercurrents in this world.
I also want to believe that "everything is shaped according to the laws of beauty." This book list may not include everything you want to know, but I just hope it can guide you to imagine another possibility of life and how to keep yourself away from work every day. "I do it for my heart" has a deep memory of Lin Daiyu's sentence. Indeed, we should care more about how we look at ourselves than others' eyes.
Reading is always the biggest banquet. The next series will recommend travel aesthetics, so stay tuned.