RESEARCH ON THE INCOMPLETE ART AESTHETICS OF WOODEN LACQUER PAINTING DURING THE NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY

Abstract

China has a very long history of lacquer art culture, from the use of lacquer thousands of
years ago to the present, a large number of lacquer art masterpieces have been preserved. The
wooden lacquer painting of Sima Jinlong tomb in the Northern Wei Dynasty is now in Datong
Museum, Shanxi Province, China. The content of the painting has a strong Confucian color,
and the aesthetic requirements for lacquer painting in ancient times were complete and bright,
with the primary focus on the functionality of education and the second highest aesthetic
value. This wooden lacquer painting has a history of over 1500 years, and there has been
research on the cultural history and aesthetics of this painting in China. However, there is
little discussion on the fragmentary beauty of this painting. The author conducts research and
analysis on the fragmentary phenomenon and texture beauty of wooden lacquer painting,
clarifies its artistic characteristics from literature, analyzes the aesthetic value and Eastern
ideological and cultural value of fragility, and thus leads to the aesthetic value of "fragmentary
beauty" in wooden lacquer painting.
Through a questionnaire survey of the general public, 88.68% of the respondents believe
that the incompleteness of lacquer painting has room for imagination, 71.7% choose to prefer
natural materials, 28.3% say they do not care about materials, and no one chooses artificial
materials. 86.79% of respondents believe that incomplete wooden lacquer paintings have a
temporal state and historical traces, 73.58% believe they have Eastern cultural connotations,
64.15% believe that each incomplete form is unique, and only 13.21% believe they do not
like the incomplete wooden lacquer paintings. The conclusion is that the fragmentary beauty
of wood lacquer painting can be accepted and recognized by modern people. Modern people
accept the fragmentary picture of lacquer painting. They believe that the fragmentary picture
of lacquer painting will bring the meaning of time and history, and has the connotation of
Eastern culture. They also believe that each fragmentary form of the fragmentary state of
lacquer painting is unique, and the fragility will enhance visual attention and expand the space
of association. The fragility does not affect the aesthetic value of wood lacquer painting.
With the diversification and complexity of public life and aesthetic taste, the fragmentary
beauty of lacquer painting will also become a unique aesthetic trend in contemporary lacquer
painting art.