Chapter 463 Hibiscus Brocade Chicken Picture

Chen Tian took another bite and said, "Well, what Principal Li said is right, this high-grade Tieguanyin is just not ordinary. After drinking the www.biquge.info of Pen, Fun and Pavilion, it was immediately refreshed and full of strength. ”

The three of them were still talking, and two waiters brought the dishes. Chen Tian is rich, and the dishes he orders are very expensive, and this meal will cost at least 1,000 yuan.

The wine and food came up, and the three of them could eat and drink. The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors. Li Wenhai took out the rectangular box he had brought over just now. At first, Xu Hong thought that this might be some famous painting from Li Wenhai's own collection.

But when Li Wenhai opened the painting, Xu Hong was a little surprised. Because the painting Li Wenhai brought was not a famous painting from his own collection, but an exam paper drawn by Xu Hong during the entrance examination of the 'Beijing Academy of Fine Arts'.

As soon as he saw his painting, Xu Hong was a little puzzled, he looked at Li Wenhai and said, "Principal Li, isn't this the painting I drew during the exam!" How did you get here? ”

Chen Tian also felt very strange when he listened to Xu Hong's words. He didn't see the picture Xu Hong drew during the exam. When Li Wenhai opened this painting, Chen Tian thought that this was the famous painting of the great painter in Li Wenhai's own collection!

But when Xu Hong asked, he was very surprised. For a while, I didn't understand how Li Wenhai could take Xu Hong's exam papers with him.

Li Wenhai took the painting that Xu Hong drew during the exam, first glanced at it again, and then put it in front of Xu Hong and said: "Classmate Xu Hong, your painting is really good, I can't believe that a candidate can draw so well during the exam." How the hell did you paint a painting of such a high level in such a short period of time? ”

Generally speaking, the paintings in the entrance examination of the Academy of Fine Arts are relatively simple, and most of them are freehand paintings. Because of the relationship of time, it is impossible for candidates to do a painting as carefully as they usually paint! Generally, they use freehand methods to draw some Chinese paintings of flowers and birds.

Of course, Xu Hong is no exception, and the painting he painted is also a painting of flowers and birds. It's just that Xu Hong actually used the painting method of gongbi. As we all know, painting a gongbi painting is the most time-consuming, and it takes at least a few days to draw a gongbi painting!

But Xu Hong actually painted a fine brush painting in more than an hour. And the drawing is very good, I can't believe that a student can draw such a good picture in such a short time for the exam.

Xu Hong listened to Li Wenhai's words, and said with a smile: "Is this! It's the reason why a person's painting skills are not high. A real master, even if it is a brush, it can be very fast. I'm not a big fan, but I can draw a fine brush very quickly.

As for how well I draw, I feel like it's just average. If Principal Li thinks that my painting is particularly good, then I can't do anything about it. Anyway, I don't feel like I'm drawing very well, and in such a short period of time, I can do my best. ”

When Xu Hong and Li Wenhai were talking, Chen Tian was already admiring Xu Hong's work on the side, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, as a professional collector of paintings. Chen Tian can be said to be a master of painting appraisal in Beijing. As long as it is a painting that he likes, it must be a good painting, and it cannot be a defective product.

Xu Hong's work, after Chen Tian saw it, he was very surprised. Although he had seen some of Xu Hong's works before, compared with this work, he felt that he lacked some luxury. And now this work, the whole work has an indescribable atmosphere of wealth. This kind of feeling is something that Chen Tian did not feel when he appreciated Xu Hong's works before.

This shows that the paintings painted by Xu Hong this time are indeed extraordinary, and a great collector and connoisseur like Chen Tian feels that Xu Hong is really remarkable.

Xu Hong listened to Li Wenhai's words, and said with a smile: "This painting, in fact, I have painted it before, and this time it can be regarded as copying the painting I painted before, so it is relatively fast." ”

As soon as he heard Xu Hong say this, Li Wenhai said again: "But this painting doesn't look like a writing essay, you have written an essay before, and then when you took the exam, you felt that the essay topic of the exam was similar to what you had written before, and then you wrote the essay for the exam in one go.

But that's not the case with painting, even if you want to paint a work that you have painted before, it can't be done in one go, and it takes a lot of effort. You know, if you are in a normal day, it will take many days to draw a painting!

When it comes to the exam, there is only a little more than an hour, and in such a short period of time, it is really difficult to draw a good gongbi painting. ”

After listening to Li Wenhai's words, Xu Hong said again: "This may be because I liked this painting very much before, that is, I have painted several of the same paintings in my usual life, so when I painted this painting again in this exam, I felt that I was familiar with the road, it was very easy, and it didn't take long at all." ”

Hearing Xu Hong say this, Li Wenhai felt that there was some truth, after all, if a painting was painted every day, it would continue to increase the speed of painting.

Besides, Chen Tian, after looking at it for a long time just now, he still didn't see what the real meaning of Xu Hong's painting was trying to express. He always felt that this painting was a little special, but he couldn't see that place was special.

"Xu Hong, how did you come up with the inspiration for this painting, can you tell me about it, you can talk about it yourself, how did you come up with the idea of painting such a painting."

Although Chen Tian is a master of painting, he just can't see what is special about Xu Hong's painting, he only feels that this painting is very good, but he still can't see that the place is good.

As soon as he heard Chen Tian say this, Xu Hong had to think carefully about how he should evaluate such a work.

Because, in fact, this painting is not Xu Hong's 'original' at all. It's a piece of his copy of the ancients!

The name of Xu Hong's painting this time is "Hibiscus Brocade Chicken". This is a famous painting, the author is the Song Dynasty generation of faint monarch Song Huizong Zhao Ji.

Although Zhao Ji was a faint monarch who buried the Northern Song Dynasty, he was also a very talented literati, and he had deep attainments in poetry and songs.

Of course, this "Hibiscus Brocade Pheasant" is not necessarily his own work, but may also be the work of some of his royal painters. But no matter what, on this work, there is a poem inscribed by Zhao Ji himself.

This is a five-character poem, very well written, mainly showing the precious and leisurely life that the protagonist yearns for. It was written by Zhao Ji in his famous thin gold calligraphy, and this poem can be said to have greatly increased the popularity of this painting and the overall artistic level.

"Hibiscus Brocade Chicken" is a double-hooked painting of flowers and birds. This picture is a refreshing and pleasant autumn scene, with flowers and butterflies and golden pheasants forming the picture. In the painting, where the golden pheasant falls, the hibiscus sways and falls realistically, and when the golden chicken is in sight, the double butterflies dance happily, contrasting with each other. Zhao Ji self-titled: "Autumn strength resists frost, Eguan brocade feather chicken, known all five virtues, comfort wins the eagle." The painting is printed with "Treasure of Wanli", "Treasure of Qianlong Imperial Tour", "Treasure of Jiaqing Imperial Tour", "Treasure of Xuantong Imperial Tour", etc., which are the royal treasures of the Song Dynasty and descending dynasties.

Author's intention: to use the five natural natures of chickens to promote the five moral qualities of human beings. First, the pattern on the chicken indicates that there is culture. Second, the rooster looks very heroic. Three, the rooster fights very bravely. Fourth, the hen is very kind to protect the chicks. Fifth, the rooster is very punctual, indicating that he is trustworthy. These are all his demands on the Chancellor. The painter's expression is very vivid, a golden rooster climbs vertically, bends the hibiscus branch, showing the weight of the golden chicken.

Looking at the whole frame, we can see the beauty and rigor of its construction. No part or even a branch or a leaf can be moved in a single stroke, and a slight movement will destroy the beauty of the whole and break the balance. The whole qi has become an organic unity, with sealing and escape, and there is a general flow potential, leading the germination upwards to the upper right corner. If the butterfly above is higher than the highest flower head on the left, the qi will be suppressed, but now on the contrary, the hibiscus flower head is higher than the butterfly, so the momentum is more oblique into the upper right corner. Its essence Weibo is mostly like this. The same seal of the "Imperial Book" Zhu Wenfang seal is on the three characters of "Xuanhe Palace", this style of Huizong painting does not occupy the picture at all, does not detract from the constant beauty, but on the contrary, it is colored. From this point of view, the artistic feng shui of Huizong's painting can also be appreciated. As for borrowing metaphors and expressing feelings, the arrogance of hibiscus and autumn chrysanthemum, and the "five virtues" of Jinji are found in the painting and outside the painting.

As an independent painting discipline, the flower and bird paintings of the Song Dynasty have reached a high artistic level in terms of painting skills and expression, and "Hibiscus Brocade Chicken" is one of the masterpieces. This picture is a painting of flowers and birds depicting the scenery of golden autumn. In the picture, the hibiscus is in full bloom, gently fluttering with the wind, and the butterflies are fluttering, chasing and playing with each other, attracting the golden pheasants that fall on the branches to look back and stare back, and they can't take their eyes off it.

Such a painting of flowers and birds can be said to show some characteristics of gongbi painting in front of the audience. To be able to reach such an artistic level, and only the superb artistic level of the ancients can paint such excellent works, such works, even if modern people imitate, it is impossible to imitate a little bit of soul, at most, it is only on the surface, more similar.

Now listening to Chen Tian's question, Xu Hong just thought about the origin of this painting, and he was thinking about how he should make it up! After all, the original author of this painting is not him, but an ancient, or a famous emperor!

After thinking for a while, Xu Hong just looked at Chen Tian and said, "That's right, this painting is one of my visits to our hometown." That is, when I was in the zoo in Tiannan City, I saw a kind of red-bellied pheasant in the rare bird hall inside. I felt that the golden chicken was very good-looking, so I carefully observed it there for a while, and took a lot of pictures of the golden chicken with my mobile phone.

Later, when I was okay and admired the pictures of the golden chicken taken in my mobile phone, I suddenly had an inspiration that I could create a painting that represented the golden chicken. So, I immediately started to draw one.

At that time, I felt that I was very good at drawing. In addition, as soon as I paint such a painting, I feel very emotional, as long as I paint a brocade chicken, I will be very excited, so when I paint, I can draw this painting quickly and well! ”

What Xu Hong said, of course, is nonsense. In fact, he was simply copying the work of an ancient. But he knew that in this parallel world, all the ancient things were different from his society. What is in this world is not in his world.

And what is not in this world, maybe there will be in his world! In short, this is a new world, and there are many places that are different from the original world, but there are also many places that are the same.

In any case, Xu Hong knows that in this world, there are no many great painters in their world, and this world is a world where there is a shortage of painters, although there are some painters, but their painting level is really very average.

In other words, in their world, the most ordinary painters, in this world, are very good painters.

Xu Hong is not a great painter in their world, but his painting level is still good, and graduating from the 'Central Academy of Fine Arts' is enough to see Xu Hong's strength. Therefore, a painter like Xu Hong is already a master-level painter in this world.

But no matter how high your painting level is, if you want to become a great painter, it is impossible to achieve it overnight, nor can you become a great painter casually, it requires a process of hard work.

Xu Hong is already working hard to become a great painter in Tiannan City, but if he wants to go to the next level, he must continue to work hard and become a great painter in the capital, so that he can be regarded as a real great painter.

Hearing Xu Hong say this, Chen Tian and Li Wenhai both laughed: "Haha! Ha ha! ---”

"Xu Hong, I really didn't expect that the inspiration for your painting came from the zoo!" When Chen Tianyi heard Xu Hong say that he painted this "Hibiscus Brocade Pheasant" from the zoo, he felt a little ridiculous!

Li Wenhai is the same, when he heard Xu Hong say this, he almost spit out the tea in his mouth, he also laughed, looked at Xu Hong and said: "I thought that you would say that you read the paintings of that ancient, and then have such inspiration!" It turned out to be the inspiration of going to the zoo, and it seems that it really responded to the sentence, 'Art comes from life'! ”

Xu Hong listened to Li Wenhai's words, and thought in his heart, there was really no need for him to make up a story like this just now! Let's just say that I can't look at the paintings of the ancients. This is all the reason why I am a thief!

It's just that now when he hears Li Wenhai say this, he feels that the story he made up is also very reasonable. Li Wenhai said it very well, 'Art comes from life'. Aren't many great works just showing very ordinary life content!

Just like "Mona Lisa", "Sunrise", "The Maid Pouring Milk", "Woman with a Parasol" and many other world-famous paintings, in terms of content, they are all very ordinary life scenes, and do not depict any famous mountains and rivers and big people. It's just some of the most ordinary people and scenes, but these paintings have become priceless world-famous paintings that have been passed down to the world.

"Principal Li said very well, 'art comes from life', we create some works, in fact, we don't need to consciously conceive at all, as long as we go out and walk more, observe more people and things in life, we can create excellent works.

Originally, art should be closely linked to people's lives. If art is far away from life, then art is not called art. I think that the reason why these famous paintings are liked by the masses of the people is that the content of these paintings is very close to the lives of the people, so that the people can see that there is a sense of closeness, and only such paintings can be handed down from generation to generation and become famous paintings that everyone talks about. ”

To illustrate such a problem by another example, take one of the most famous paintings in Chinese history, "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", as an example! This painting uses the method of fine brushwork. This painting can be said to have pushed Gongbi painting to a height that has never been seen before or since, a milestone in the history of Gongbi painting, and a peak that no one can surpass.

Zhang Zeduan's "Qingming Riverside Map" in the Northern Song Dynasty shows the floating flowers and prosperity of Bianliang City in the past. It is the most straightforward Gongbi technique to restore everything in reality to the work. It's as if the ancients used a special method to take a panoramic photo of Bianliang City.

The picture of the river during the Qingming Festival is 25.2 centimeters wide and 528.7 centimeters long, and is ink and color on silk. In the form of a long scroll and scattered perspective composition, the work vividly records the urban appearance of Tokyo, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty in China in the 12th century, and the living conditions of people from all walks of life at that time, which is a testimony to the prosperity of Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and a portrayal of the economic situation of the city in the Northern Song Dynasty.

This is unique in the history of Chinese and even world painting. In the more than five meters long picture scroll, a large number of people of all colors are painted, such as cattle, mules, donkeys and other livestock, cars, sedan chairs, large and small boats, houses, bridges, city towers, etc., each with its own characteristics, reflecting the characteristics of Song Dynasty architecture. It has high historical and artistic value. Although the scene of "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" is lively, it does not show a prosperous city scene, but a "prosperous and dangerous picture" with a sense of distress, and the officers and soldiers are lazy and pay heavy taxes.

The reason why such a famous painting will be deeply loved by the public is that this painting truly reproduces the customs and living conditions of the people at that time in Bianliang, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. Such realistic works are rare in ancient painting art. The ancients generally paid attention to abstraction and freehand when painting, that is, they paid attention to 'art comes from life and is higher than life'. Therefore, many painters deliberately exaggerate and fictional reality when they create.

Although this will make the work more attractive and magnificent, such a work will also be detached from the masses and not grounded, making people feel that such paintings are empty and cannot express what the people like to see.

The reason for all this is that some painters, their paintings are not close to reality, blindly pursuing some transcendent feelings, so that deliberately elevating their works will make their works ungrounded, and they will not have a very good vitality.

On the contrary, only those works of art that are very down-to-earth and express the people and things of ordinary people will always be deeply rooted in the soil, so that they can always maintain their vigorous vitality, and they can be passed down forever, become classics, and become masterpieces.

Although Xu Hong's "Hibiscus Brocade Pheasant" shows a rich atmosphere, it is still relatively down-to-earth, after all, the brocade chicken is not a phoenix, although it is relatively rare, but it is a real bird after all.

Although such a work also shows that the author is high above and is not the same as ordinary people, it can also be seen that the author is still willing to live the life of an ordinary person like ordinary people.

Listening to what Xu Hong said, Li Wenhai and Chen Tian also felt that what Xu Hong said was very reasonable. Life is the source of art, this is the wise saying. Any creator can't detach himself from life, and make artistic creation behind closed doors.

"Xu Hong, what you said is really good, I feel now that my artistic level as a principal is not as good as that of you!" Li Wenhai looked at Xu Hong and praised him again.

Xu Hong was a little embarrassed when he heard this, he looked at Li Wenhai and said, "Principal Li, don't praise me like this." No matter how much you praise me, I can't find the north. After Xu Hong finished speaking, he laughed to himself again.

Li Wenhai and Chen Tian also laughed after listening to Xu Hong's words.

After that, Chen Tian looked at Li Wenhai and asked, "Let's have dinner, why are you still holding Xu Hong's exam papers!" Could it be that he just wants Xu Hong to give a self-evaluation of the paintings he painted! ”

Li Wenhai listened to Chen Tian's words, and then smiled again: "I don't just want to hear what Xu Hong thinks about this painting he painted, I also want to collect this painting of Xu Hong!" ”

As soon as he heard Li Wenhai say this, Chen Tian was a little unhappy again, he looked at Li Wenhai and said: "Hey, Lao Li, I also like this painting, what's the matter, if you want to collect it, don't I want to collect it." ”

As soon as he heard Chen Tian say this, Li Wenhai looked at him and smiled: "What do you mean, didn't you have collected Xu Hong's paintings before, why are you still not satisfied, this painting, do you want to rob me!" ”

"I didn't rob you, I just said, this painting is very expensive, can you collect it!" Chen Tian suddenly said something again.