The artistic image runs through the whole process of artistic activities, providing the soil for the growth of artistic creation.

It is impossible for any artistic creation to grow alone without this soil.

In the process of creation, the artist is always inseparable from the concrete image. Again, when we define the image of a thing, we actually describe what kind of existence it is based on the shape seen by the eye, and this existence is the initial prototype of the artistic image of the thing.

Just as Zheng Banqiao painted bamboo, his observation and experience of the image of bamboo began with "bamboo in the garden" and "bamboo in the eye", and the artistic conception gave birth to "bamboo in the chest", and the grinding inkstone exhibition paper was disguised and finally completed the "bamboo in the hand", which shows that the image of bamboo has accompanied the whole process of painting bamboo from beginning to end.

And Zheng Banqiao was able to draw bamboo because his heart was as tough as bamboo. This kind of thing is also seen on Qi Baishi's shrimp, and it is also seen on Xu Beihong's horse.

The artistic activities of these masters of painting are expressed through bamboo or shrimp or horses or whatever, and what their artwork shows is the artistic image they choose.

Therefore, the image of art can be chosen. Those who engage in artistic activities can choose a certain thing as a reference and then create art.

Therefore, it can also be concluded that artists not only never depart from vivid and concrete images in the creative process, but also create works of art that must show concrete and perceptible artistic images and impress every appreciator with their strong artistic appeal.

Therefore, the process of art appreciation should also trigger the appreciation of the situation and artistic conception in the work through the feelings of the artistic image.

This is enough to show that the image runs through every link of artistic activities, and most of what we usually call artistic activities are also a way of life. Therefore, art comes from life.

The basic life is that the production and development of art has infinite possibilities, and it also makes the production and development of art more and more diversified. Therefore, artistic activities are part of life activities, and the relationship between the two is one that complements each other.

Figurativeness has become the most basic feature of art that distinguishes it from other social ideologies, and it is also a special form of art reflecting social life, and it is the aesthetic creation of the creative subject's instantaneous comprehension of the object. In view of this, it can be said that art is higher than life.

However, it does not stand high above life, but is different from ordinary life activities. Artistic activities are different from ordinary life activities in that the ultimate purpose of artistic activities is form, while the ultimate goal of ordinary life is quality and quantity.

The beauty of the body is the pursuit of art. Or, the ugliness of the body.

The existence of aesthetics has established the emergence of ugliness. The opposition and contrast between beauty and ugliness is an important topic and an important part of artistic activities.

Because art pursues the beauty of the body, it is sensual, not inferential, experiential, not analytical.

However, the beauty or ugliness of the body is not determined by the creator of art, but by the appreciation of art, so the creation of artistic images cannot be separated from reason, and the image in art is a meaningful image, an image that penetrates the artist's profound rational thinking.

It is not a random copy of the objective picture of life, but the externalization and manifestation of the artist's understanding of life, his attitude towards social things and his rational understanding through selection, processing and integration.

Only works of art that conform to life are beautiful, while works of art that run counter to life are the ugly side and the side that should be discarded.

Mr. Lu Xun once said: What the painter paints and the sculptor sculpts "is a painting and a statue on the surface, but in fact it is the expression of his thoughts and personality."

An artist who only has ugly works of art can of course be seen as an unsound personality.

In addition, the rational thinking of artists engaged in creative activities plays a pivotal role in grasping the atmosphere of the times, selecting materials and themes, conceiving themes and plots, and selecting forms of expression. Artistic activities are the organic unity of image grasp and rational grasp.

The development process of art is the process of unification of emotional experience and logical cognition.

The unity of these two makes art move from the primitive and simple stage of production to the stage of development that tends to be elegant.

At this stage, many artistic creation activities were produced one after another, and many types of art and artistic auxiliaries were also produced, among which the most important musical instruments and brushes became the most basic and important things in today's art.

The emotion in art is the aesthetic emotion, which is a non-utilitarian emotion with universal human nature.

Emotions are one of the important factors in the generation, creation and reception of artistic motivation.

At the same time, emotion is a fundamental element of artistic creation. Artistic activities are always accompanied by emotions, which are the specific psychological manifestations of desires, interests, and personalities, as well as the value judgment of whether the object can satisfy its own desires.

Emotions dominate the whole process of artistic activities and run through the entire psychological process of artistic creation.

The "feeling" in the artistic creation activity is governed by the desire for "enjoyment", and is always attracted by the color and sound of the object that can cause its own pleasure; The "perception" in artistic activities often selects and processes objects according to the needs of emotions, and selects and "judges" objects according to emotional schemas. The "imagination" in artistic activities creates an image that conforms to one's own emotions and purposes according to the direction of the subject's emotional requirements.

Enjoyment is an extremely important emotion in artistic creation, and only the existence of this mood can make the creation of art give people a beautiful experience.

"Understanding" in artistic activities is often a kind of personalized recognition and perception, through which a deep understanding of life and the meaning of life is obtained, which is undoubtedly an activity full of emotions.

The artist's emotions are often fully displayed through the artistic image, the artist reflects life, depicts the artistic image, is by no means indifferent and indifferent, but condenses his thoughts and emotions, loves and hates, praises and dislikes, and permeates his aesthetic taste and aesthetic ideals.

The art depicted by the artist, the works presented, should be something that gives people the enjoyment of life.

In aesthetics, art creation and art appreciation activities, emotion is not only associated with the image, but also associated with cognition, which is a special psychological phenomenon that arises with aesthetic cognition, and its basis is aesthetic cognition.

Through aesthetic cognition and complex ideological activities, the beauty in life can be discovered and perceived.

A person who is empty in mind and lacks a deep understanding of society and life will find it difficult to produce rich and strong aesthetic feelings, and thus will not become an excellent artist and an excellent appreciator. In artistic activities, emotions and thoughts are intertwined.

Preaching without emotion is not art, and emotion without thought cannot produce art. True artistic activity is the unity of emotional experience and logical cognition.

Only by integrating emotions into artistic activities can we truly create good works of art. The quality of a work of art is the most direct and crucial thing to evaluate an artist.

The final result of artistic development is the unity of aesthetic activity and ideology

The aesthetic characteristics of art are the fundamental markers that distinguish it from other social practice activities. The reason why artistic aesthetics is different from ordinary social activities is that it is the summary and crystallization of ordinary social activities.

The so-called aesthetic characteristics refer to the aesthetic quality and aesthetic value of a work of art.

A work of art is the crystallization of the artist's aesthetic ideals and the result of the creation of beauty.

It is not only touching with emotion, but also touching with beauty, so that people can get a kind of spiritual pleasure. At the same time, it makes people resonate emotionally, spiritual enjoyment and emotional resonance, which is the gift given by the artwork to the appreciator. It can also be said that the appreciating person wants to ask for something from the creator.

Because the image in a work of art concentrates and condenses the beauty of the image in life, it has more metaphysical aesthetic characteristics than the image of things that actually exist in life.

The image of plum blossoms in traditional Chinese paintings, often old dry branches, slanting out horizontally, Ling cold and arrogant frost, blooming in spring, embodies a kind of old trees, new flowers, youthful aesthetic connotation, so that people have a richer sense of beauty than the plum blossoms in life.

A work of art expresses the image of beauty in life, making it more prominent and smooth, and expressing the ugliness in life can also turn the ugliness of life into artistic beauty. In his works, the artist fully exposes the ugly nature of life by ridiculing and lashing out at it, arousing people's disgust and contempt for ugliness, so as to eliminate ugliness and eradicate ugliness to stimulate people's longing and yearning for beautiful things, and the ugliness of life at this time has a certain aesthetic significance and value.

For example, through the exposure and criticism of corruption, the works of art with the theme of fighting corruption and advocating clean government fully reveal the harmfulness of social decay to socialist construction and warn the people of the world.

Art is not only an aesthetic activity with an aesthetic character, but art still belongs to the ideology in the superstructure and has an ideological nature.

In the final analysis, art is a way for people to grasp the world spiritually, and people achieve their understanding of the world through art, which also includes people's understanding of themselves.

It is precisely because the creator of art is aware of himself, and then of the world, that the work of art can be displayed and resonate with the viewer.

Moreover, the aesthetic nature in art is its most fundamental essential attribute, and its ideological characteristics are hidden in the aesthetic characteristics, which makes the aesthetic world of art have a broader and deeper connotation, therefore, we say that artistic activities are the unity of aesthetic activities and ideology.