The Artistic Conceptions of the Small Flower-and-bird Paintings in Song Dynasty

The artistic conception is utmost and incessantly-pursued conception for creation of Chinese painting,representing core category of traditional Chinese aesthetics.It is proposed by ancient people that poems are incorporeal paintings and paintings are visible poems.According to Tangzhiqi's analyses,the affairs in artistic conception,and the sceneries within eyesight represented descriptive contents of ideas and conceptions respectively.The small bird-and-flower paintings,approaching perfection in such aspects as spectacle viewing brushwork,artistic conception creation and painting skills,gained their popularity in Song Dynasty.Small as they were,those paintings were abundant in unlimited aroma.In this paper,the artistic conception of small flower-and-bird paintings in Song Dynasty is studied.