Artistic Spirit of Portraits －Alberto Giacometti

• Main Authors: I-Ching Hsu, 許依晴
• Other Authors: 許 坤 成
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/91582787161941794554

碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 藝術研究所 === 96 === Alberto Giacometti was a French artist in the 20th century. The subject in his paintings was mainly the human head. He came from an artistic background, and Paul Cézanne had influenced him greatly on his theory of art creation, color, and composition. Pre-Renaissance, ancient Egypt, and primitive tribe arts had attracted him all his life. After 32, he devoted himself to sculpting and painting human figures, and was identified as an artist of Existentialism. Because Giacometti uses sketch-like single color, Chinese-calligraphy-type lines, and keeps spaces between lines; his painting technique could be compared to that of the traditional Chinese ink-wash landscape painting. From 1935 to 1966, his paintings of the human figure overthrew the traditional painting technique to enter a brand new stage. What he tried to present was the inner human soul rather than the external image. Therefore, the shapes of his human figure were similar, but each of them presents unique primitive flavor through different color values and textures. Giacometti’s paintings are realistic but also abstract which link the past, present, and future. They depict the anxiety and the confusion at the boundary line between the reality and vision. Through his own artistic language and never-ceasing self-improvement, Giacometti has successfully left the world a wonderful legacy. In this paper, the writer tries to establish her personal theory of art creation through studying that of Giacometti’s. The art exhibit of her works is the result and the embodiment of the study.