On the Musicality of Landscape Painting and Its Integral Construction——Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains as an Example

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10.2991/978-2-38476-319-1_52How to use a DOI?

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Musicality in Landscape Painting; Visual Art and Music; Rhythm and Melody in Art; Harmonic Layers in Painting; Visual Sense of Rhythm; Dynamic Continuity in Scroll Paintings; Spatial Layout in Art

Abstract

Taking Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains as an example, this paper explores the deep connection between the overall construction of landscape painting and music. The article details the artistic techniques of points, lines and surfaces in the painting, as well as the expression of musicality embodied in the overall layout. The article points out that the dots and lines of landscape paintings not only constitute the basic elements of visual art but are also equivalent to musical notes and melodies, which together create a visual sense of rhythm and melody. At the same time, the “surface” of the picture is similar to the harmonic layers of music, which adds a sense of time and space to the picture. These demonstrate the intrinsic connection between painting and music. The article emphasises the continuous and dynamic nature of the scroll-type landscape painting, which is similar to the structure of a musical composition, mimicking the changes in paragraph structure through visual continuity. The article also specifically describes Huang Gongwang's use of dynamic changes in detail and overall spatial layout to convey the fluidity and stretches of music.

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AU  - Junyi Wang
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DA  - 2024/12/14
TI  - On the Musicality of Landscape Painting and Its Integral Construction——Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains as an Example
BT  - Proceedings of the 2024 6th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 463
SN  - 2352-5398
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