The study of folding fan’s format and graphic design in Chinese paintings

• Main Authors: CHENG，CHIH-HUNG, 鄭志宏
• Other Authors: NIE,HUEI-YUN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8t68p2

碩士 === 華梵大學 === 美術學系碩士班 === 106 === The painting on the sector of a folding fan is different from other art forms like painting and calligraphy seen on wall scrolls, long scrolls, album leaf formats, Letters, Screens, etc. Its special aesthetic reflects a variety of fine, delicate, and dynamic features. Most paintings and calligraphy are rendered horizontally or vertically (square or rectangle), but on a folding fan shaped like a sector of a circle, they create a rhythmic and dynamic sloping line, forming mitre joints on both sides of the fan, which create a unique mounted artwork. With the folding fan's special sector shape and multiple folds, whether raw or matured quality of paper is used, the artist needs to take the form of the folding fan into account to create, compose, and adapt to the paper’s characteristics, thereby bringing his brushwork and ink skills into full play. Some painters may even consider this a challenge. The delicate painting on a folding fan often allows viewers to perceive a frameless, artistic art form within a framed painting. The folding fan has two sides where both painting and calligraphy are combined. I. Painting on a folding fan (1) It is a mixed art form that combines poetry, literature, painting, seal carving and crafts. (2) It is a portable implement used by artists to present their collections, works, and paintings. It is also a form of mobile art exhibition. (3) The size of the folding fan is not big; hence, it requires technique and exemplary writing skills to paint characters, landscapes, birds and flowers on this medium. There are many ways to showcase art through these folding fans; these include calligraphy, painting or both. (4) Europeans associate fans with oriental culture. The painting and calligraphy on these folding fans clearly demonstrate the difference between Chinese and Western art forms. II. Research Purpose (1) To understand the historical origin and culture behind painting on folding fans (2) To explore the relationship between form and composition (including badging) in folding fan painting (3) To present the tradition and development of folding fan painting and calligraphy amid changing times