Wood carving appreciation secret

First, the wood carving source

The art of woodcarving in China has a long history. As early as in the primitive society, there were many handicrafts that had begun to take shape. During the Warring States period, the woodcarving process was developed by the Shang Dynasty for the simple engraving of the coffin in the pottery process and the engraving of the carved coffin. For example, the shape of the lacquered wooden deer is vivid and realistic, and it is concise and concise. The various parts are harmonious with the whole; the knife is clean and bright, and there is indeed a rare three-dimensional sculpture in the wood carving process of the Warring States Period. The woodcarving crafts of the Qin and Han Dynasties, on the basis of the development of the woodcarving process during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, have also been greatly developed and improved. In the animal wood carvings unearthed from the Han Tomb, you can learn more about the development of the wood carving process in the Han Dynasty. Animal works include horses, cows, dogs, etc. These four-legged animals are vivid in shape and are between 14-55 cm in length. They are all made by the method of making parts by bonding. Because the wood is composed of fiber cells, and the quadruped animal is composed of the head, the body and the foot, the size of the three parts cannot be the same size. The overall shape is the head height, the length of the body, and the height of the foot. According to this specific form, the whole body is used. Wood carving is an innovation of the Han Dynasty wood carving process, creating a kind of artistic work for the wood carving craft creation, creating a deliberate experience. This is a major innovation in the history of woodcarving. From the Tang and Song Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Chinese woodcarving works have become increasingly perfect In the carvings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the theme of wood carving crafts is often life customs and myths. The existing woodcarving work “Heavy Woodcarving and Warm Hands” is one of the masterpieces. This piece is a round sculpture with a bluish color and is carved from a pill of heavy wood. It is 5 cm high, 8 cm long and 6.5 cm wide. The author's conception is wonderful, the knife is sophisticated, and the sacred serenity is vividly portrayed. The wood carvings in southern Hunan represent folk styles and have a wide range of subjects. They include the following contents: First, “auspicious patterns” such as “Jiqing has more than”, “Five Grains”, “Peaceful Wishes”, “Songhe Yannian”, “Longfeng” The second is the opera figures, ancient heroes, novels, myths and legends, fables, for people to appreciate the taste; the third is to directly represent the real life of the local people, including cultivation, harvesting, silkworm, spinning, weaving , grazing, hunting, tailoring, business, love, and other aspects of social life; Fourth, familiar birds and animals, such as chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, pigs, cattle, horses, deer, bats, fish, shrimp, etc. Flowers, vegetables, fruits and the like.

The folk decorative wood carvings in southern Hunan reflect the commonalities of folk arts and crafts. However, in the form, style, aesthetic taste and craftsmanship of each specific work, it has its own distinctive style. Throughout the entire Hunan folk wood carvings, most of them use figurative expression techniques, but the style is bold and exaggerated, especially those who are big and small, the small lining of the large room, exaggerated and moderate, moderate change. Characters are not interested in carving the facial expressions, nor do they stick to the length and proportion of the human body, but express the expressive portrayal of the dynamics of the characters, and focus on the juvenile, simple, refined, and cheerful feelings of the shape, and the abstract form is injected into the concrete form. Active, exaggerated and even humorous movements make the image full of life. The audience no longer pays attention to the structure of the human body and the accuracy of the proportion when they appreciate it. It is attracted by the true and touching image. This is probably the mystery of "big and sturdy". Where it is. In composition, often combine different scenes and characters, or a plot of a story, in a picture, with a pattern pattern, pay attention to the treatment of virtual and real, line segmentation, level rhythm, and pursue the rigor of the picture structure. With change, the composition is full and balanced. Even if a single pattern placed on the window sill, the realistic image should be changed and combined to make it full and thick, and the perfect combination of decoration and practicality. There are various forms of folk decorative wood carvings in southern Hunan, such as bas-relief, deep relief, openwork, and round sculptures, most of which are reliefs. There are a lot of hollow deep reliefs and round sculptures together, which are designed to enhance the sense of depth and form a full-fledged multi-layered deep relief of the round sculpture, which is very eye-catching.

Second, the classification and decoration of wood carving

Wood carvings are divided into many types due to their wide range of applications and decorations, their diverse forms of expression and the different textures of carved wood.

In terms of the scope of application and decoration, it can be divided into three categories: architectural sculpture, furniture carving, and furnishings.

From the form of expression, there are hollow carvings, reliefs, shallow carvings, three-dimensional round carvings, hollow decals and so on.

Due to the different texture of wood, it is divided into two categories: hard wood carving and soft wood carving. The following is a brief introduction of their expressions, and their application and decorative significance are discussed.

1. Architectural carving

The architectural sculpture mentioned here refers to the woodcarving decoration of the building. Woodcarving art has a long history in architecture. The woodcarving decoration of ancient buildings (including gardens, temples, palaces, etc.) in our country occupies a very important position in the history of the world. Since the completion of the “Mingxuan” designed and installed by the Xiangshanbang in 1980, the Chinese garden architecture has become more and more popular among people all over the world. The Chinese garden heat has gradually formed overseas.

In particular, wood carvings are used to decorate ancient buildings, such as carved beams, carved plaques, eaves, panes, railings, flying hoods, etc., which have a simple and elegant style, rich and luxurious style, and show the wood carving art in ancient architecture (or antique The unique decorative effect in the building). Today, with the rapid development of human tourism and the increasing demand for spiritual and material civilization, ancient buildings (or modern antique buildings) decorated with woodcarving art have more touring, watching, learning, learning and cultivating people. The ideological sentiments and rich artistic accomplishments are of practical significance.

The woodcarving expressions applicable to ancient buildings can be roughly divided into four types: relief, hollow sculpture, three-dimensional sculpture and shallow sculpture.

2, furniture carving

The furniture here refers to wooden furniture. Engraving furniture can be said to be the most widely used large-scale practical art of wood carving art.

The furniture decorated with wood carving art has a simple and elegant flavor. The art carving furniture and mahogany carving furniture exported by our country are beautiful and elegant, with fine carvings and unique oriental ethnic style. Furniture carvings are popular in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Shanghai, Beijing, etc. The mahogany carving furniture in Taiwan Province is also very distinctive.

Most of the classical gardens in China are displayed with carved furniture, especially the valuable furniture such as tables, stools, tables, chairs, couches, tables, cases, screens, etc., which are furnished in Suzhou gardens. The pattern is highly appreciated by foreign tourists.

3, handicraft carving

The handicrafts here refer to woodcarving crafts, that is, a kind of art that combines highly skilled and exquisite craftsmanship with typical art with ethnic characteristics. It is divided into pure ornamental wood carving furnishings and wood carving practical crafts. Woodcarving furnishings are small, individual works of art displayed on cabinets, windows, tables, tables, and shelves. They are used to embellish and beautify the environment, to cultivate people's ideological sentiments, and to give people beauty. Enjoyment belongs to the category of people's spiritual and cultural life. Modern woodcarving furnishings focus on the times and people, and the subject matter of expression is wide, including flowers, birds, beasts, ladies and so on. There are also body art works and woodcarving practical handicrafts. It refers to the combination of practical and artistic art decorated with wood carving techniques, and can also be divided into two categories: woodcarving wood carving decoration and wood carving decoration of other handicrafts. Wood products, wood carving and decorative crafts, such as floor lamps, wall lamps, lacquer screens, woodcut screens, frames, pen holders, woodcut clocks and so on. The range of other handicrafts decorated with wood carvings is more extensive, such as several seats, seats, cases, and shelves. There are many objects to be decorated, such as jade, tooth carving, cloisonne, vases, flower pots, agate, jade, jewelry, porcelain and so on. These works of art are complemented by wood carvings, enriching the whole and adding artistic charm.

Third, China's three contemporary wood carvings

1. Dongyang Woodcarving

Zhejiang Dongyang is a traditional place of woodcarving and is known as the “hometown of carvings”. The production area is mainly in Dongyang, hence the name. According to the physical examinations of Buddha statues left in the Nansi Tower of Dongyang County (built in the second year of Jianlong in the Northern Song Dynasty, 961), it has a history of more than 1,000 years. The famous Ming Dynasty building in Dongyang is a magnificent temple. The wood carvings on the building are extremely magnificent. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, more than 400 craftsmen went to Beijing to repair palaces and engrave palace lanterns. At present, the Forbidden City in Beijing and Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou still have the Dongyang woodcarving works of the year. After 1910, in Shanghai and Hangzhou, many Dongyang woodcarving artists were gathered to engrave the combination of Chinese and Western furniture and utensils. After the construction, the skills have been greatly developed and improved, and there are artistically high-quality appreciation items such as wall hangings and screens. The content is mostly historical stories and folklore, and the pattern adopts the technique of “full flower”. The picture is full of patterns, forming a unique artistic style. At present, there are more than 2,700 kinds of varieties, including boxes, cabinets, stools, chairs, tables, and other practical products, accounting for 90% of the total output value, and exported to more than 50 countries and regions. There are thousands of employees. Dongyang woodcarvings are mainly based on relief techniques. In the design, draw on the traditional scatter perspective, bird's-eye perspective and other composition, pay attention to the layout is full, loose or loose, more chaotic, clear-cut, prominent theme, performance plot, with small artistic effect, especially suitable for performance Strong story content. In 1957, the "Sakyamuni" Buddha, carved for the Daxiong Hall of Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, was 19 meters high; the glass lamp produced, weighing more than 2 tons, was well received. In 1981, 14 large strip screens were carved for the “Donggong Building” in Singapore, which was brilliant and luxurious. In 1982, the National Art and Art Awards were awarded, and Dongyang Woodcarving won the Silver Cup Award.

2, boxwood carving

One of the Chinese folk wood carving crafts. It is named for its use as a carving material for boxwood. Boxwood grows slowly and is commonly known as the "millennium dwarf". The texture is tough and smooth, the texture is fine, the color is yellow and warm, and it has the effect of ivory. The deeper the color, the simpler and more beautiful. Suitable for engraving small furnishings. Zhejiang is a traditional key production area for boxwood carvings, mainly distributed in Yueqing and Wenzhou. Zhejiang boxwood carving originated in Yueqing County, about 150 years ago. The small wooden Buddha statue originated from the decoration of the dragon light skeleton, developed into an art appreciation product in the late Qing Dynasty. At the beginning of this century, Zhu Zichang's "Hide and Seek" and other outstanding works won awards at the Nanyang Persuasion Association and the Pacific Ocean Panama Expo. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, on the basis of inheriting the fine traditions, many outstanding works emerged. In terms of techniques, in addition to round carvings, enamel carvings, and deep reliefs, various methods such as inlays have been created. The famous "Shu Wu Yang" created by the famous artist Wang Fengqi participated in the "Social Art Exhibition of Socialist Countries" held in Moscow. In 1959, he created the large-scale wood carving "Bi Sheng" for the Beijing History Museum as a long-term exhibition exhibit. Famous artist Ye Runzhou is good at carving skills. He has created many excellent works, some as national gifts, some abroad exhibitions, and won the first prize of Zhejiang Province's creative design. Zhejiang Huangyang woodcarving products are now sold in more than 30 countries and regions. China's boxwood carvings, in addition to Zhejiang's Yueqing, Wenzhou, as well as Guangdong's Chaozhou and Shanghai.

3, longan wood carving

Fujian famous crafts. Longan, the opposite of the South, the dried fruit is Guiyuan. Longan tree, with a wide posture, solid material, fine wood grain and soft color. The old longan trunk, especially the roots, the roots and the knots, is a good wooden carving. Longan woodcarvings have developed in the Qing Dynasty. The longan woodcarving is a cross-section, engraving, and winning with natural reality. The traditional products are mainly characters, followed by birds and beasts. This kind of tree root carving and the work carved out using the natural knot of the tree body is also called "natural cockroach". Whether it is the use of wood color, or dyed brown, polished and waxed, the light is abnormal, similar to mahogany, looks simple, steady, generous and beautiful. The main producing areas are Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Hui'an.

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