The emotional expression of Chinese seal art

Abstract: Art is a wonderful way to express the individual affection, it for expressing emotions and build a good platform. Seal is by writing to show to transmit information and our sentiment. Among them, "XianZhang seal ",is something people through the seal expresses the self unique feelings and sincere affection.

Keyword: the Chinese seal art XianZhang seal emotional expression

1、The function of the Seal

The function of the Seal, mainly in discern identity. For example, Qi baishi when be born, grandfather and father gave him three names. Later, his teacher gave him the name: “Qihuang” .While “ baishi “ is out of his hometown a nearby place name. In his paintings, appeared a lot of different titles: “baishi old man”, “borrow mountain old man”, “three good millionaire”, etc. In addition, seal contents no longer limited to officials and name printed, also have engraved someone’s birthplace, proverbs, sentences, even philosophy, a carved printed on the identity of the riddle of master. These hereinafter referred to as “XianZhang seal “.They have more than even the signet research value, because they are emotional and philosophy outpourings. Seals are generally in stones up words to leave their own unique symbols and mark, in addition to general surname, salutation beyond, people still put life of some comprehension and palpitations reveal tighter engraved on stones, as a kind of heart emotional external reposing, also as its own unique identification symbols.

2、”XianZhang seal” art of emotional expression

“XianZhang seal” refers to the officials, private name printed outside, in verse, auspicious language, idiom for the seal content. One full of philosophy, aesthetic, literature, the color of intriguing, also become the unique features of China’s artistic expression.

To undertake artistic career for, diligence is more important than other industries. Art is very exquisite heart hand corresponding, heart desire hand chase. Heart hand can achieve unity is difficult and difficult tasks, and meantime artist own diligence is gearing heart hand the distance of the necessary avenue. Qi baishi have a seal, it for “ Holding Back The day”, expressed his pity when insufficient, cherish the time spirit meaning degrees.

The old man for diligence, and this kind of written records: “old man his drawing never stop writing, intermission in ten days not paint, only twice: once the loving mother died grief cannot extricate oneself; another is ill cannot moving, moreover always everyday, working uninterrupted, paint the painting as a day of class, which day is not enough, the number of painting, painting complemented more daylight hours is not enough, evening night continue. So “baishi old man” painting also often can see” baishi day class “and” baishi night lights “inscription.

Visible, Qi baishi each deal are his psychological emotional of condensate and the life experience of concise and the emotion intersection is the person to matter attitude of concise expression. as its “mountain smile me today than before”,” generation spirit of flowers and plants”,” what should I make for yourselves my painting”. such seals are his spirit emotional expression. Seal is small, but the implication is infinite, and reflect the writer’s psychological emotional as well as spiritual meaning degrees.

3、Epilogue

chinese literati seal is a kind of special symbols, and used for printing to identification or sign in the stationery. We see many painting, letters, calligraphy and books, and can see all kinds of seals, not only each different material such as jade, metal, wood, stone and all kinds of material emerge in endlessly, but the real meaning of seals which express the emotion of the author. Among the “XianZhang seal” carving, different emotions such as self-pity, boast, self-mockery, even conceit, are straight talk .In sum, seals, though small space in each material bearing the weight of the individual soul emotional.