Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)

On the Space-Time View of the Desolate Beauty of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Art

Authors
Ziyan Wang1, *
1Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, Shaanxi, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 511952573@qq.com
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Ziyan Wang
Available Online 13 February 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_105How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Desolate Beauty; Space-time View; Chinese Aesthetics; Art Philosophy
Abstract

The concept and essence of “desolate beauty,” the unique aesthetic category in the philosophy of Chinese painting and calligraphy art, is defined and discussed in this paper. It is pointed out that the desolate beauty of Chinese painting and calligraphy is the result of the spiritualization of the natural imagery featuring “desolation” with the elevation to the aesthetic level. The state of desolation liberates and settles the artists’ hearts, allowing them to realize the profound meaning of life from the vast universe. From both the physical level of “formal space-time” and the spiritual level of “ontological space-time,” the space-time dimension of the desolate beauty of Chinese painting and calligraphy art is explained. Then this paper further analyzes and summarizes the space-time oneness and interactivity, formality and infinity, and transcendence under “space-time vision,” as demonstrated by the desolate beauty based on the cultural background of Taoism and Buddhism. The aesthetic value and significance of the space-time view of the desolate beauty are also discussed.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
13 February 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_105
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_105How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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