Plan for thesis

Working Title:

The sky/ Feitian/ Cosmo exploring(undecided)

 

Keywords:

Fantasy, mysterious, hopeful

 

Thesis Question:

What is the influence of exploring the aesthetics of the sky on modern art design? Why are people still moved by some primitive but sincere works of art flying into the sky when the way of flying is so developed?

 

Thesis Proposal:

I intend to make my thesis revolve around the artistic image of Fei Tian and its influence on modern art. Flying Apsaras was first born in ancient India, and later introduced to China, where it developed into a classic Buddhist art image. China’s Feitian is the product of the fusion of ancient Indian Buddhist culture and the traditional aesthetics of the Chinese nation, and the inheritance and evolution of different periods. Today, there are still many things for modern art designers to learn from and think about in terms of exploring and carrying forward our country’s traditional culture and dealing with the contradictions between foreign culture and national traditional culture. I intend to combine the tracing of the image of Feitian to make a detailed discussion on the specific presentation and spiritual guidance of Feitian aesthetics in modern art design.

 

I’ve always been interested in artwork that explores the subject of the sky. I think curiosity about the sky, the starry sky, and the universe has been the most primitive driving force for human beings to explore the world outside of them since ancient times. As a crystallization of multiculturalism, Feitian not only has the influence of ancient Tianzhu culture, but also contains the aesthetic taste of ancient Chinese Western Region culture and Central Plains culture. It has profound historical and cultural connotations behind it, as well as rich artistic aesthetics.

 

 

 

 

 

Why is this important to me?

 

Flying Apsaras is an art that combines romanticism and realism. It comes from Buddhist culture and is rooted in the fertile soil of Chinese traditional culture, with a strong romanticism. Flying into the sky is not only a dream that humans have had since ancient times, it is reflected in many myths and stories, and it is also a fantasy that almost every child had in childhood. When I was a kid sitting on the back of my mother’s bike, I would stretch out my hands and imagine myself flying. As I grew up, I gradually came into contact with roller coasters, hot air balloons, airplanes, glider, etc. The feeling of being close to the sky always makes me intoxicated. In my flying experience again and again, I felt the joy that the gods worshiped by the ancestors left the earth, lived in the sky, and could come and go freely. This romantic cultural concept is deeply imprinted in my heart. In my eyes, these works of art that explore the sky and the universe perfectly fit the ideal of flying into the sky in the national cultural concept, and become the carrier of this romantic cultural concept, constantly encouraging and motivating people to strive for it. Flying Apsaras symbolizes the pursuit of human beings yearning for freedom, daring to explore, transcending nature, and getting rid of the constraints of space. It is a positive aesthetic tone.

 

Starter Bibliography/Sources:

1. Sky Ladder by Cai Guoqiang

Link: https://g.co/kgs/8be6cn

 

2. The Moon Goose by Agnes meyer brandis

Link: http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-video-docu.html

 

3. Cluster Balloon by Jonathan Trappe’s

Link: http://clusterballoon.com/

 

4. The Aeronauts by Tom Harper (director

Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6141246/