Source:

  • Discovery of Innovation and Insights of Xia Jing Shan’s Buddhist Painting Themes in the Field of Visual Art
  • Included in Journal of Xia Jing Shan’s Art Issue 2; Published in International conference of Xia Jing Shan arts and culture cross-national research – Forum &Exhibition in November , 2015

Author:

Chuang Li-hua


name of organization, title of the position:

Assistant Professor, Digital Media Program, Chinese Culture University


Keywords:

Xia Jing-shan , culture and arts, technology


The discussion on skillful techniques expressed in Xia Jing Shan’s Buddhist paintings sheds the light on the integration of theme description and fineness features of Chinese painting and the realistic style of western painting. These painting elements and technique form are very distinct from visual art with illustrative experience conveyed by contemporary media technology, but these two types of art have simple but in-depth contents and desires to convey the essence of artistic culture and the core of human intelligence. In modern society that first looks for profit making, Xia Jing Shan’s Buddhist paintings convey us social morals presented in audio books and animations for more effective inspiration and promotion of positive emotional education of Buddhist paintings. Thus, the objectives to enhance social harmony and charity works of cultural art have been achieved.

Xia Jing Shan’s painting and calligraphy works mainly convey Buddha’s mercy and wisdom. Through the presentation of religious themes of bamboo trees, running spring, and clouds, he creates Buddhism aesthetics to allow us to feel the serenity and selflessness. He paints Buddha with a pure and peaceful heart of an artist, and Buddha he paints enables us to put self aside for the achievement of truth, virtue, and aesthetics. This Zen realization plays a social role in the introduction of pure heart to Chinese aesthetics. Today people care more for visual senses, and if we are able to combine techniques and display media of digital technology, we are able to expand the interaction and value sharing of artistic elements with the general public. Compiling and discourse analysis of style presentation of various Guanyin Bodhisattv of Xia Jing Shan’s paintings are shown below: Theme Concept→ Features of Charactors→ Plotting→ Story Fabrication→ Healing from Zen Meditation. At the same time, diverse development of art creation should be encouraged. With contemporary new media technologies of photography, computer,TV and film, we should transform the development of consciousness of Buddhism aesthetics strategies and intangible essence into people’s self-perspective and mental and mind consciousness. Then we should develop the application value of widespread media exhibition space of series paintings with experimental animation, videography,art, and drawing books to combine with religious culture and art for the development of cultural and creativity industry of visual art.

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