The full text of color in folk art is as follows:
Colors in folk art allow creators to talk directly with the audience and express their specific thoughts with different colors, which reflects the continuation and development of traditional folk art customs and aesthetic concepts, reflects the unique beliefs of people everywhere, and sets off the imprint of our whole nation. Simple folk artists use the simplest five colors to reflect the joys and sorrows of life, so that people can clearly feel the meaning of their works through visual impact when enjoying folk handicrafts. Is this also the case? Simple? The unique charm of color makes it flow in the long river of folk art in China.
Folk art color is the cultural language of dialogue between creators and audiences. Unique to the ancients? Five colors? The concept of color distinguishes the colors in China from those in the West? Tone? Theoretically, it is precisely because China color has its own color matching and coloring rules, which restricts the color choice of the Chinese nation, but gives the cultural connotation of China folk art color.
First, the decorative function
The color of folk art is first used for decoration, beauty and entertainment. In the rules of folk arts and crafts, it generally uses bright primary colors more than two colors. This makes the whole picture bright, lively, with sharp contrast, strong generality and strong subjective color, highlighting the auspicious, festive and lively atmosphere. Of course, in addition to warm and colorful peasant paintings, you can also find handicrafts with elegant and harmonious color effects. But no matter which color is used, it is freehand, not realistic, and the color is bold and bright.
In the appreciation of folk arts and crafts, we can clearly feel that the color collocation reflects the hazy lightness, the warmth and coldness of color and tone, and the collocation and contrast of area. The contrast of lightness makes the picture sparse and breathable, and the color tone is fresh, while the contrast of the cold and warm of various colors and the size of the area is easy to produce a rich, gorgeous and lively atmosphere. This tone style is also the most appropriate form for people to love and express their thoughts and feelings. At the same time, the contrast between cold and warm colors is rich and strong, which has a very modern decorative color effect.
Second, symbolic function.
Psychological research believes that color can arouse people's peculiar imagination and pluck the strings of feelings best. Color effect is not only reflected in the visual sense, but also in the symbolic sense, so that the public can get psychological experience and understanding, and thus get psychological satisfaction. So-called? Symbol? , is an object or symbol used to express, embody and express something. Paying attention to the symbolism of color makes it have its own tradition in the history of China. Folk colors have rich symbolic significance. According to the ancient five-color concept of the Chinese nation, the main theme of a certain color is highlighted by the conceptual connotation of five colors (cyan, red, yellow, white and black) as needed to express the pursuit of aesthetics and survival.
In the creation of folk art, the dependence on the cultural connotation and symbolic meaning of color should always be followed. ? Red, green and green, is it auspicious? As a universal folk art formula, this popular mantra can be said to be the color feature of the whole folk art, right? Calculate a good luck? It is an aesthetic concept expressed under the concept of traditional folk culture, which mainly expresses utilitarian significance such as survival, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. The symbolic meaning of color has been brought into the all-encompassing framework of China's ancient cosmology, and it has been integrated with traditional values, philosophical thoughts, hierarchical consciousness, patriarchal clan system, ethics and so on, which has profound cultural heritage and rich connotations.
Third, the cultural connotation of folk art color choice
It is not difficult to find out from the overall concept and characteristics of folk craft coloring that it relies on the traditional concept of color, which not only follows the symbol, implication and connotation of traditional color, but also has a profound cultural background, and at the same time attaches importance to the visual aesthetic effect of color, showing a colorful and lively scene. It can be said that color is both conceptual, historical, realistic and aesthetic among the people. It not only appeals to visual perception, but also is restricted by cultural tradition and environment, and contains rich social content. Therefore, the understanding of folk art color can not only stay on the description of the phenomenon, but also must comprehend and grasp the conceptual significance and cultural and historical content contained in it.
The colors of folk art are organized and matched according to the ancient five-color concept of the Chinese nation. As far as the concept connotation of five colors is concerned, the theme of a certain color should be highlighted as needed to achieve the pursuit of expressing aesthetics and survival. The color of folk art is different from western color aesthetics, from inherent color to conditional color, and then to pure scientific color decomposition. It is also different from the aesthetic taste pursued by court paintings and literati paintings, and the obvious distinction between elegance and vulgarity has developed into five colors instead of pen and ink. That is determined by the material living conditions and cultural influence of non-people. The color of folk art is the free and ideal color of conceptual modeling. The lyrical significance of color is only in terms of the basic artistic spirit and the overall corresponding relationship. Sometimes, the specific grasp of color lacks a more conscious and personalized color feeling, but it is often based on the potential nature that arouses sensory excitement, with the original natural selection mark. Let readers know more clearly that the choice of color in folk art is not purely objective, but based on the ethics and religious customs of color choice.
The custom of color selection handed down from generation to generation gives folk colors unique characteristics. Semantic? , so that the entertainment color is rich in profound cultural connotation and rich historical connotation. Through further research, it is not difficult to find that the color in folk art is not only the presentation of visual aesthetic feeling, but its fundamental significance lies in that it is firstly the stimulation and correspondence of emotion and emotion, and the catharsis of positive optimism. The color of folk art truly reflects the inner world, emotional experience and optimistic romantic ideal of working people.