Claude Monet’s paintings were quite different from the art styles that were popular in the 1870s France. Traditional artists always did their artwork in a studio and their paintings looked exactly like the real world. Claude Monet was part of a group of painters who were called Impressionists (印象派画家). Their paintings gave an impression of what the real world looked like.
Knowing that trains were interesting subjects and stood for modern progress (进步), Claude Monet painted a series of Impressionist paintings of trains from January to March of 1877.
Monet’s friend, Pierre Auguste Renoir, told the following story to his sons about Claude Monet and painting the trains. Monet needed permission (允许) to stay on the train platform and paint what he saw in his impressionistic style. One day Monet dressed himself in his very best clothes. It seemed that he was a rich gentleman but in fact he really was a poor painter.
He showed the clerk (职员) at the train office his calling card which introduced him as Claude Monet, Painter. He asked to see the station master. The clerk quickly allowed this fine gentleman to enter the station master’s office. The station master gave Monet permission to paint on the train platform. He even stopped trains from leaving on time so Monet could complete a scene even though passengers complained.
Was it all worthwhile (值得)? Monet’s train scenes turned his career into a success and for the station master, made his train station famous until even now.
Claude Monet
Introduction | ◆Claude Monet was one of the Impressionist painters whose paintings were not the ◆Impressionist paintings gave an impression of |
A story of painting | ◆At that time trains were subjects that could keep people’s ◆He dressed himself as a wealthy gentleman to ◆In order to help Monet complete a scene, the station master even made trains leave |
Result | ◆His train scenes made not only his career successful but also the train station famous. |
Do you know the Tantou New Year Picture? It's a famous traditional art form in Shaoyang. It is used for the Spring Festival.
The Tantou New Year Picture appeared in the Tang Dynasty first And it has a long history一 more than l.300 years. Since the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Tantou New Year Picture has got its special features (特点) - bright colors, old and exaggerated images (夸张的图像), ordinary materials and special skills. There are more than 20 steps to make the Tantou New Year Picture. All these steps, from making paper by hand to producing the New Year Picture, are finished in one place. This is not usual in our country.
In 1994. the Tantou New Year Picture won the silver medal at the folk arts fair. However, fewer people know the skill well now and most young people are not interested in it. The Tantou New Year Picture is in danger of disappearing in the world. Luckily, the government has taken action to protect and save it.
Tantou New Year Picture
History | It appeared in the Tang Dynasty and has a long history - more than |
| ◆Bright colors ◆Old and exaggerated images ◆Ordinary materials and special skills | |
Producing steps | There are more than 20 steps to make the Tantou New Year Picture, and I finishing all these steps in one place in a country is |
Prize | It won the |
Situation | The Tantou New Year Picture is in danger of disappearing, but the government has taken action to |
The folk art form, kuaiban, which has a long history, can be performed by a group or a single person. With one or two pairs of bamboo clappers — a kind of traditional Chinese musical instrument in their hands, the performers tell stories in the local dialect (方言). These stories are usually folk tales or about social life.
Recently, Liu Jiming and Wan Yifu made and shared three short videos by using kuaiban which were viewed about 4 million times. As a result, Liu and Wan have gained more than 1 million followers on the Internet. They’ve created many new works to raise people’s awareness. Some of their works are about the danger of drunken driving and food safety. They also write stories to show respect to people who make contributions, such as traffic policemen.
According to Liu and Wan, people can understand kuaiban pieces without difficulty. The stories told kuaiban pieces are close to people’s daily lives. Thus, they consider that it is a fun way to introduce the Chinese folk culture through kuaiban. And what matters to them is that both young people and old people begin to know the charm of the art form, kuaiban, which may not be paid much attention to, compared to other traditional art forms.
Folk art forms, like xiangsheng, pingshu and kuaiban, share something in common. These traditional art forms show the beauty and value of traditional Chinese culture so they should be known by more people and get to more areas. Luckily, through the Internet, new performers who go on sharing kuaiban pieces like Liu and Wan are playing an active role. Hopefully these Chinese folk art forms will be alive with the times.
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| The | It has a long history and is performed by a group or a singer person. It is performed in the local dialect by The content is about folk tales or what’s happening in |
| The stories of Liu and Wan with kuaiban | More than 1 million viewers were They’ve created many new works to make people They believe that kuaiban pieces can be The use kuaiban pieces to attract people’s attention to Chinese folk culture. |
| Reasons for the wide | The beauty and value of traditional Chinese culture will be learned The new performers |
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