Bridging Cultural Divides with Formalist Aesthetics: TheInterpretation of Chinese Art by London Modernist Movement(PDF)
《南京师大学报》（社会科学版）[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]
- Issue:
- 2018年04期
- Page:
- 145-
- Research Field:
- 文化传播学研究
- Publishing date:
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- Title:
- Bridging Cultural Divides with Formalist Aesthetics: TheInterpretation of Chinese Art by London Modernist Movement
- Author(s):
- YANG Li-xin; BAI Wei-zhen
- Keywords:
- Chinese art; Bloomsbury Group; Roger Fry; Clive Bell; modernism
- PACS:
- -
- DOI:
- -
- Abstract:
- This paper is intended to demonstrate the Chinese elements embodied in the development ofBritish Modernist literary movement through analyzing the connection between Chinese art and the aestheticthoughts of British modern art critics Roger Fry and Clive Bell. Taking the formal aesthetics as the pathwayof understanding Chinese art, Fry and Bell reinterpreted Chinese art so as to meet their own demand for arttransformation, making it a significant source of Western Modernist formal aesthetics concept. Firstly, Fryand Bell praised highly the graphic composition and cavalier perspective methods in Chinese art owning totheir preference for subjective expression in aesthetics concept. Secondly, they borrowed from Chinese artthe notions and skills like“ rhythm” and“ space” , making Chinese aesthetic terms an indispensable part ofModernism. However, their interpretation of Chinese culture seems more relevant to the development of BritishModernism rather than the original Chinese context, adding certain political nature under its non-politicalaestheticism surface.
Last Update: 2018-07-25